FCA 1. Clear thesis statement Abigail Isaac
FCA 2. Ideas presented in logical order 9/14
FCA 3. Correct punctuation
FCA 4. Conclusion
Miracle at Philadelphia Essay “I have, said he; often and often in the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting; but now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting sun.” With the rising sun representing liberty, Benjamin Franklin’s statement gives prominence to the elation that resulted from the new era of freedom that the United States would enter. The genesis of this period is attributed to the painstaking labor of the …show more content…
James Wilson utilized an intelligent approach to develop ideas that would largely influence the establishment of the Constitution. In Miracle at Philadelphia, when discussing the debate over a federal or national government, Catherine Drinker Bowen writes, “James Wilson of Pennsylvania saw the problem at its heart. Was this government, he asked, to be over men or over imaginary beings called states?” Wilson’s analysis of the contrast between a federal and national government as well as the effect it had on the Convention illuminates how he notably impacted the beliefs of the delegates and thus, impacted the results of the Convention’s votes on the subjects that would be included in the Constitution. Similarly, James Madison also applied logic and reason as well as the analysis of previous governments to form and express opinions that were essential to the formation of the Constitution. In Miracle at Philadelphia, Bowen describes Madison, stating, “Madison’s power lay in the grasp of the subject at hand, an ability to compare one political system or idea with another, at lightning speed equating present with past. His convictions were deep and passionate. But by training or by natural endowment he possessed a ruthless tenacity and could await his moment, then rise, his mind free, and without oratory or display put down or reassure the opposition.” Madison utilized such skills to refute the arguments of his fellow delegates, such as with William Paterson’s New Jersey Plan, therefore influencing the formulation of the United States Constitution. The ideas of both James Wilson and James Madison presented throughout the duration of the Constitutional Convention served to shape the Constitution in multiple
FCA 2. Ideas presented in logical order 9/14
FCA 3. Correct punctuation
FCA 4. Conclusion
Miracle at Philadelphia Essay “I have, said he; often and often in the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting; but now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting sun.” With the rising sun representing liberty, Benjamin Franklin’s statement gives prominence to the elation that resulted from the new era of freedom that the United States would enter. The genesis of this period is attributed to the painstaking labor of the …show more content…
James Wilson utilized an intelligent approach to develop ideas that would largely influence the establishment of the Constitution. In Miracle at Philadelphia, when discussing the debate over a federal or national government, Catherine Drinker Bowen writes, “James Wilson of Pennsylvania saw the problem at its heart. Was this government, he asked, to be over men or over imaginary beings called states?” Wilson’s analysis of the contrast between a federal and national government as well as the effect it had on the Convention illuminates how he notably impacted the beliefs of the delegates and thus, impacted the results of the Convention’s votes on the subjects that would be included in the Constitution. Similarly, James Madison also applied logic and reason as well as the analysis of previous governments to form and express opinions that were essential to the formation of the Constitution. In Miracle at Philadelphia, Bowen describes Madison, stating, “Madison’s power lay in the grasp of the subject at hand, an ability to compare one political system or idea with another, at lightning speed equating present with past. His convictions were deep and passionate. But by training or by natural endowment he possessed a ruthless tenacity and could await his moment, then rise, his mind free, and without oratory or display put down or reassure the opposition.” Madison utilized such skills to refute the arguments of his fellow delegates, such as with William Paterson’s New Jersey Plan, therefore influencing the formulation of the United States Constitution. The ideas of both James Wilson and James Madison presented throughout the duration of the Constitutional Convention served to shape the Constitution in multiple