USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hamilton served as one of New York’s delegates to the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, and proposed that senators and the executive serve for life, and that the executive have an absolute veto. Although his proposals were not fully adopted, Hamilton passionately campaigned for the Constitution.

Detailed explanation-2: -Elected to the New York State Assembly in 1787, Hamilton was a member of the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention in 1787 that resulted in the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is our duty to examine all those means with peculiar attention, and to chuse the best and most effectual. It is our duty to draw from nature, from reason, from examples, the justest principles of policy, and to pursue and apply them in the formation of our government.

Detailed explanation-4: -The delegates included many of the leading figures of the period. Among them were George Washington, who was elected to preside, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, James Wilson, John Rutledge, Charles Pinckney, Oliver Ellsworth, and Gouverneur Morris.

Detailed explanation-5: -"Hamilton.” Only twice during the year did Dr. William Samuel Johnson (CT) indicate in his diary what had occurred in the Convention.