A New Constitution

Delegates from Virginia and Maryland met at Mount Vernon to settle issues not addressed in the Articles of Confederation and create a model for interstate cooperation.

One of the key debates during the drafting of the Constitution regarded state representation in the legislature.

The United States Constitution set out three separate branches of government: the legislature, executive branch, and judiciary.

As the new political value system of republicanism was forming, many framers of the United States Constitution worried about democracy's limitations.

Slavery and the slave trade were points of contention between Northern and Southern states at the Constitutional Convention.