The Miracle of the U.S. Constitution

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This paper relates that American biographer, Catherine Drinker Bowen, calls the process of creating the US Constitution a miracle because of the many huge obstacles that had to be overcome during this process. The paper discusses Bowen's and other authors' details of the various oppositions, conflicts, debates, prejudices and other problems that had to be surmounted in order to form the new nation. The paper concludes that the US Constitution remains the heart of the American system and the guide for making decisions about legal, social, political, and economic matters.

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"Bowen notes at the conclusion of her book that the Constitution was adopted in less than ten months "under the influence of local prejudices, opposite interests, popular arts, and even the threats of bold an desperate men," and that this was "a solitary event in the history of mankind" (Bowen, 1966, p. 310). What she writes in the body of her book are the details of the various oppositions, conflicts, debates, prejudices, and other problems that had to be overcome in order to form the new nation."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bowen, C.D. (1966). Miracle at Philadelphia. New York: Back Bay Books.
• Mason, A.T. & Baker, G.E. (1985). Free Government in the Making. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Middlekauf, R. (1982). The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution 1763-1789. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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