The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787

McLaughlin, Andrew C.; Farrand, Max

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“…To test the generalizability of these hypotheses, we coded proposals that strengthened or weakened the national government using Farrand's (1966) records. We also coded proposals to strengthen or weaken the House and proposals to strengthen or weaken the Senate, separately.…”

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The Effects of the Great Compromise on the Constitutional Convention of 1787

Dougherty,

Hitefield

2023

American Politics Research

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The success of any constitutional convention can depend on its provisions for power sharing. We test three claims about the effects of the Great Compromise, a power sharing agreement, on the Constitutional Convention of 1787. First, we find that the convention was not more likely to pass proposals to strengthen the national government after the compromise than before, contrary to claims made by historians. Two small states increased their support, but other states did not. Second, Southern states (and large states) were more likely to support weakening the national government after the compromise. Third, large states were more likely to support proposals to strengthen the power of the House relative to the Senate after the compromise, and small states were more likely to resist. However, the opposite was not true for strengthening the Senate. Our results suggest a new narrative about the effects of Great Compromise on the Constitutional Convention.

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“…We used Farrand's (1966) records to gather data on motions. We then combined that data with the votes recorded for each delegation (Dougherty & Heckelman, 2016).…”

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The Effects of the Great Compromise on the Constitutional Convention of 1787

Dougherty,

Hitefield

2023

American Politics Research

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“…States want is that their negroes may not be taken from them which some gentlemen within or without doors, have a very good mind to do." 117 The debate over slavery and representation had many sides. For instance, Gerry suggested that "the idea of property ought not to be the rule of representation.…”

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Capitalism and the Creation of the U.S. Constitution

Parisot

2023

Stud. Am. Pol. Dev.

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This article engages with scholars working on the history of capitalism and with scholars of American political development to form a historical materialist perspective on the creation of the American federal government. First, it returns to the debate about the state in capitalist society to develop an approach for theorizing the relations between class, capitalism, and states. Next, it addresses the position of American capitalism in the 1780s, arguing that it was still in a long transition phase. After this, it reinterprets the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in the context of the long and uneven history of American capitalist development. I argue that the U.S. Constitution created the foundations of a state that would serve capitalist interests, including capitalist slave owners, but, at the same time, provided some space for social relations of production not yet fully subordinated to the power of capitalism to coexist.

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The Origins of the American Intellectual Property Regime

Bracha

2016

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The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787

Cited by 23 publications

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The Effects of the Great Compromise on the Constitutional Convention of 1787

The Effects of the Great Compromise on the Constitutional Convention of 1787

Capitalism and the Creation of the U.S. Constitution

The Origins of the American Intellectual Property Regime

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