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Learn how the lessons learned while creating the Virginia Plan and the Constitution still hold true for New Jersey attorneys.
After our first revolution, (the one where we declared our independence from the British) there was a second one that was not fought with guns, but with ideas about what a federal government should look like and what powers it should have.
When it became obvious that the Articles of Confederation would not be expansive enough to govern our new country (the centralized government had no taxing power and no ability to resolve disputes between the states) a convention was called to help revise the Articles. However, as the convention progressed, proponents (chief among them James Madison and Alexander Hamilton) advocated for a new constitution. Ultimately, both played crucial but differing roles in its adoption.
Madison, who proposed the Virginia Plan, is considered the document’s main architect. Hamilton, for his part, is considered its main promoter. Their efforts, and those of their fellow delegates, made the Constitutional Convention of 1787 one of the most significant events in both American and modern history.
Madison and Hamilton’s ideas and efforts echo through our history and remain with us today.
Come “meet” President Madison and Alexander Hamilton in this unique CLE event to explore their lives, times, relationships and influence on American government and our legal system.
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