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	annapolis convention - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		The Annapolis Convention was an Assembly of the Counties of Maryland that functioned as the colony's revolutionary government from 1774 to 1776.
		Annapolis was also the site for a meeting of several states that called for the United States Constitutional Convention.
		So, on July 3, 1776 they resolved that a new convention be elected that would be responsible for drawing up their first state constitution, one that did not refer to parliament or the king, but would be a government "...of the people only." After they set dates and prepared notices to the counties they adjourned.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Annapolis-Convention (474 words)

	Annapolis Convention - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Annapolis Convention 1786, interstate convention called by Virginia to discuss a uniform regulation of commerce.
		It met at Annapolis, Md. With only 5 of the 13 states—Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia—represented, there could be no full-scale discussion of the commercial problems the nation faced as a result of the weak central government under the Articles of Confederation.
		The main achievement of the convention was the decision to summon a new meeting for the express purpose of considering changes in the Articles of Confederation to make the union more powerful.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-annapc1on.html (379 words)

	Annapolis Maryland Resource Guide, City or community of Annapolis, Maryland Facts, Information, Relocation, Real ...
		The population of Annapolis is approximately 35,000 (1998).
		Annapolis is positioned 38.97 degrees north of the equator and 76.50 degrees west of the prime meridian.
		Annapolis is the place of many "firsts" in Maryland, among them are: nation's first State House, first parochial libraries, and the first printing of the Maryland Gazette.
	www.usacitiesonline.com /mdcountyannapolis.htm (563 words)

	Delegates to the Constitutional Convention: Delaware
		In the latter year, he was chosen as a delegate to the Annapolis Convention but for some reason did not attend.
		At the Constitutional Convention, he never missed a session and spoke on several occasions, but his role was only a minor one.
		He presided over the Delaware constitutional convention, in which he chaired the drafting committee, and began a term as speaker of the legislative council, which in effect made him vice president of the state.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/FTrials/conlaw/marrydelaware.html (2581 words)

	Annapolis, Maryland - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Annapolis is located on the southern bank of the Severn River, near its mouth on Chesapeake Bay, in the central part of the state.
		In 1694 the community became the provincial capital of Maryland and was renamed Annapolis in honor of Princess (later Queen) Anne of England.
		Annapolis was incorporated as a city in 1796.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /annapolis_maryland.htm (273 words)

	SparkNotes: The Federalist Papers (1787-1789): Important Terms, People and Events
		Prior to attending the Constitutional Convention, Madison prepared two papers on government, A Study of Ancient and Modern Confederacies and Vices of the Political System of the United States, from which he drew most of the ideas for the plan of government that was proposed on May 29th, 1787.
		Annapolis Convention - Held in September 1786 at the request of Virginia, this meeting of the states aimed to improve the uniformity of commerce.
		Although the convention was called for the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, delegates from 12 of the 13 states (Rhode Island was absent) expressed an overwhelming interest in a totally new, and stronger, form of central government.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/american/federalist/terms.html (1156 words)

	University of Baltimore School of Law Library State Constitutional History Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The decisive blow is struck: a facsimile edition of the Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of 1776 and the first Maryland constitution.
		Proceedings of the Maryland State Convention to frame a new constitution: commenced at Annapolis, November 4, 1850.
		The debates of the Constitutional convention of the state of Maryland: assembled at the city of Annapolis, Wednesday April 27, 1864.
	law.ubalt.edu /lawlib/bibs/statecon.html (1201 words)

	Annapolis travel guide - Wikitravel
		Annapolis is the capital of Maryland, a state in the United States of America.
		From there, the Annapolis convention issued the call to the states that led to the Constitutional Convention.
		Annapolis is the sailing capital of the United States (theres a sign saying so right before the Eastport Bridge.
	wikitravel.org /en/Annapolis (727 words)

	American Revolution - Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention 1774-1789
		The convention had its specific origins in a proposal offered by Madison and John Tyler in the Virginia assembly that the Continental Congress be given power to regulate commerce throughout the Confederation.
		Through their efforts in the assembly a plan was devised inviting the several states to attend a convention at Annapolis, MD, in September 1786 to discuss commercial problems.
		The convention approved a resolution establishing population as the basis for representation in the House of Representatives, thus favoring the larger states.
	www.americanrevolution.com /ConstitutionalConvention.htm (5861 words)

	Annapolis Convention Resolution 1786 Calling for Philadelphia Constitutional Convention 1787
		Beginning on September 11, 1786, the Annapolis Convention was held to discuss some issues of interstate trade.
		The Annapolis convention adopted the resolution unanimously, but because of the few representatives in attendance, their authority was limited.
		Nonetheless, the Annapolis Convention Resolution initiated an up-swell of reform.
	www.cusdi.org /annapolis.htm (508 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for convention
		convention in U.S. politics, a gathering of delegates to nominate candidates for elective office and to formulate party policy.
		Constitutional Convention in U.S. history, the 1787 meeting in which the Constitution of the United States was drawn up.
		Early in the Seven Years War the English army, under the command of the duke of Cumberland, son of George II, was defeated by the French at Hastenbeck.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=convention (503 words)

	The Report of the Annapolis Conference - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
		In September 1786, a conference was called in Annapolis, Maryland to discuss the state of commerce in the fledgling nation.
		Unable to do much of anything, the assembled group, most of whom were nationalists, eager for a stronger national government, decided that another conference was needed to investigate the deficiencies of the United States under the Articles of Confederation, and recommend changes to the Articles.
		The report of the Annapolis Conference was the first step toward the Constitutional Convention that would eventually hammer out the Constitution of the United States.
	www.usconstitution.net /annapolis.html (699 words)

	Fathers of the Constitution
		He was a member of the convention to frame the first State Constitution for Virginia in 1776, and from that time on, because of his ability, he was an important figure in the political history of his State and of his country.
		Since representation in the Convention was to be by States, just as it had been in the Continental Congress, the presence of delegations from a majority of the States was necessary for organization.
		But on the question of the upper house, owing to a peculiar combination of circumstances--the absence of one delegate and another's change of vote causing the position of their respective States to be reversed or nullified--the vote on the 2d of July resulted in a tie.
	www.americanhistory.com /history/FathersoftheConstitution/fotc6.html (3116 words)

	Annapolis Convention Resolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Meeting at the suggestion of James Madison in Annapolis, Maryland beginning on September 11, 1786, the Annapolis Convention was held to discuss some issues of interstate trade.
		The convention adopted the resolution unanimously, but because of the few representatives in attendance, their authority was limited.
		Nevertheless, the Annapolis Convention Resolution initiated an upswell of reform, leading ultimately to the meeting of just such a convention beginning in July 1787.
	teachingamericanhistory.org /library/index.asp?documentprint=182 (460 words)

	NARA \| The National Archives Experience
		He took part in the Virginia constitutional convention (1776), at which he sat on the committee that framed a declaration of rights as well as the plan for a new government.
		He was a guiding force behind the Mount Vernon Conference (1785), attended the Annapolis Convention (1786), and was otherwise highly instrumental in the convening of the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
		He served as co-chairman of the Virginia constitutional convention of 1829-30 and as rector of the University of Virginia during the period 1826-36.
	www.archives.gov /national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_founding_fathers_virginia.html (4792 words)

	Annapolis: History - Early settlement, Development of Annapolis, Annapolis Prospers, Site of Annapolis Convention
		By the time Annapolis was settled in 1649, the Algonquins were gone from the area, forced out by raiding parties of the Susquehannock tribe.
		The original white settlement of the area near Annapolis was at Greenbury Point, although the land is now mostly covered by the Severn River.
		In 1786 the city served as the seat of the Annapolis Convention, at which delegates from five states met to discuss proposed changes to the Articles of Confederation by which the country was then run.
	www.city-data.com /us-cities/The-South/Annapolis-History.html (1231 words)

	Debates in the Federal Convention: Madison's Introduction
		The proposed and expected Convention at Annapolis the first of a general character that appears to have been realized, and the state of the public mind awakened by it had attracted the particular attention of Congs and favored the idea there of a Convention with fuller powers for amending the Confederacy.
		The Resolutions as the Journals shew became the basis on which the proceedings of the Convention commenced, and to the developments, variations and modifications of which the plan of Govt proposed by the Convention may be traced.
		Of the ability and intelligence of those who composed the Convention, the debates and proceedings may be a test; as the character of the work which was the offspring of their deliberations must be tested by the experience of the future, added to that of the nearly half century which has passed.
	www.constitution.org /dfc/dfc_0001.htm (4767 words)

	Annapolis Convention (1786) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Annapolis Convention was a meeting at Annapolis, Maryland of 12 delegates from five states (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia) that called for a constitutional convention.
		The convention met from September 11 to September 14, 1786.
		The direct of the report was the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Annapolis_Convention_(1786) (269 words)

	Gunning Bedford, Jr.
		Although selected in 1786 to represent his state at the Annapolis Convention, Bedford was among those delegates who missed the sessions of that brief meeting.
		Evidence suggests that he shared the convention's concern with the political and economic problems associated with the Articles of Confederation, a concern that led the Annapolis delegates to call for what became the Constitutional Convention.
		Bedford was a delegate to Delaware's ratification convention.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/RevWar/ss/bedford.htm (691 words)

	Delegates to the Constitutional Convention - National Constitution Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Although he was chosen as a delegate to the Annapolis convention, he did not attend.
		At the Philadelphia convention, he was especially conscientious, never missing a session, but he played a minor role in the deliberations.
		He was forced to leave the convention before its work was ended and was not present to sign the Constitution, which he had played a vital role in creating.
	www.constitutioncenter.org /explore/FoundingFathers/Delaware.shtml (1146 words)

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		As a result, Hamilton proposed another convention "to render the Constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union".
		In the end, the 'Annapolis Convention' became part of the procedure of writing a new constitution.
		Nothing was formally accomplished at the 'Annapolis Convention' except for the agreement to meet again at the Federal Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in May, 1787.
	www.cs.utah.edu /~goller/books/ANNAPOLI/BIOG.TXT (211 words)

	Annapolis
		Annapolis is the capital of the State of Maryland and the county seat of Anne Arundel County.
		During the warmer months, Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre presents three shows on its stage, which is visible from the City Dock.
		Annapolis is located at (38.972945, -76.501157), 28 miles east of Washington DC, and is the closest state capital to the national capital, Washington, DC.
	www.globalguide.org /index.html?id=100507 (2103 words)

	AllRefer.com - Annapolis, Maryland (MD) (Anne Arundel County) - (city) - Facts and Information
		Md. central Md., on the S bank of the Severn R.; 38°58'N 76°30'W. Annapolis is a port of entry on Cheasapeake Bay and the business and shipping center for the fruit and vegetable farmers of E Md.
		Annapolis was settled in 1649 by Puritans fleeing Va. Hostility bet.
		In 1694 it became the provincial capital of Md. and was renamed Annapolis for Princess (later Queen) Anne of England.
	reference.allrefer.com /gazetteer/A/A05321-annapolis.html (512 words)

	annapolis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Annapolis patriots, like those of Boston, had a “tea party,” on Oct. 19, 1774, forcing the owner of the brig Peggy Stewart to burn his ship and cargo of taxed tea.
		The Annapolis Convention, held in 1786, was a precursor to the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
		A port city, Annapolis has boatyards in Eastport and is the home port for a large number of private sailing vessels and other pleasure boats.
	www.barbaratower.com /annapolis/annapolis.html (355 words)

	American Revolution - The Annapolis Convention
		Proceedings of the Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal Government, Annapolis in the State of Maryland.
		The Commissioners from the said States, respectively assembled at Annapolis, humbly beg leave to report.
		Though your Commissioners could not with propriety address these observations and sentiments to any but the States they have the honor to represent, they have nevertheless concluded from motives of respect, to transmit copies of the Report to the United States in Congress assembled, and to the executives of the other States.
	www.americanrevolution.com /AnnapolisConvention.htm (298 words)

	Annapolis
		The population of Annapolis is approximately 33,187 and the approximate number of families is 15,252.
		Annapolis is 27 miles from both Washington D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland.
		Annapolis average temperature is 55.6 degrees F. The average low temperature is 35.5 (winter) degrees F. The average high temperature is 85.2 (summer) degrees F. Annapolis elevation is 92 feet above sea level.
	pages.annearundelcounty.com /annapolis.htm (491 words)

	Madison and Hamilton: A Revised Articles of Confederation
		This first president of the United States was impressed with Madison and congratulated him on his election as a delegate to the 1786 Annapolis Convention in.
		At the convention James Madison and Alexander Hamilton stressed that an additional convention of states must be called to revise the Articles of Confederation.
		At the convention he also repeatedly spoke on the necessity for providing a democratic basis for the government with the election of congressmen made directly by the people.
	americanhistory.suite101.com /article.cfm/madison_and_washington (480 words)

	The American Revolution (Annapolis Convention)
		With this, propositions were made vesting in Congress the necessary powers to regulate trade, then suffering under the monopolizing power abroad, and State collisions at home, and to draw from that source the convenient revenue it was capable of yielding.
		The propositions, though received with favorable attention, and at one moment agreed to in a crippled form, were finally frustrated, or, rather, abandoned.
		The proposition invited the other states to concur with Virginia in a convention of deputies commissioned to devise and report a uniform system of commercial regulations.
	theamericanrevolution.org /hdocs/annapconv.asp (684 words)

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