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This collection of documents on the Constitutional Convention聽explains why the Convention was held and illustrates the ideas聽of government and politics that the delegates carried with them to聽Philadelphia. Its pages recount the Convention鈥檚 critical debates over the聽purpose and powers of government, the nature of representation, and the聽relation between the states and the central government. They recount as聽well the way that slavery and the interests of the various states shaped聽those debates. With its document introductions, annotations, and helpful聽appendices, this collection is an indispensable resource for understanding聽the Constitution.

This volume is the second of four volumes covering the Founding in the 色中色鈥檚 document series. The American Founding,聽already published, is the capstone of the four. The others 鈥� this collection,聽and volumes on the ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights聽tell aspects of the founding story in more detail.