The year was 1787. The place: the State House in Philadelphia, the same location where the Declaration of Independence had been signed 11 years earlier. For four months, 55 delegates from the several states met to frame a Constitution for a federal republic that would last into "remote futurity." This is the story of the delegates to that convention and the framing of the federal Constitution.
And this isn’t my homework. I am actually finished with this class and am curious to know about the general public’s knowledge of its own government. I do plan to show my teacher the answers you’ve all given after the questions have been resolved.
Sounds like someone left their homework to be done here. Um. Billy Idol of Newark said he wouldn’t go along with Freedom of Fries unless New York gave them Staten Island. But New York lied said they would and Billy voted for it. New York then ignored their promise and it caused the first case of imminent domain, where a state can condemn another states land and seize it.
December 20th, 2009 at 7:46 am
Sounds like someone left their homework to be done here. Um. Billy Idol of Newark said he wouldn’t go along with Freedom of Fries unless New York gave them Staten Island. But New York lied said they would and Billy voted for it. New York then ignored their promise and it caused the first case of imminent domain, where a state can condemn another states land and seize it.
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December 20th, 2009 at 8:36 am
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