Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention.

In this Episode:

• The  final debates at the Constitutional Convention center on signing questions.
• Elbridge Gerry, George Mason and Edmund Randolph all voice displeasure with the document and refuse to sign.
• A committee on style is formed to write the Constitution.
• A Bill of Rights is proposed and debated, but soundly defeated, only for the issue to be resurrected again during the ratification debates.
• Washington supports a measure to increase representation in the House to win over dissenters, but the dissenters refuse to sign.
• The Constitution is signed and the debate for its ratification begins.

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Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Articles of Confederation, Benjamin Franklin, Bill of Rights, Charles Coatsworth Pinckney, Committee on Style, Declaration of Independence, Edmund Randolph, Elbridge Gerry, George Mason, George Washington, Gouverneur Morris, House of Representatives, James Madison, James Wilson, John Dickinson, Luther Martin, Nathaniel Gorham, Patrick Henry, President, Ratification Debates, Roger Sherman, Rufus King, Senate, Slavery, State Declaration of Rights, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, William Samuel Johnson

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