The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . of the friction betweenstates was the difference in commercial regulations. In an effortto settle these differences, Virginia and ^^aryland met in a conven-tion at Alexandria in 1785. This convention accomplished its im-mediate purpose so well that Virginia invited all the states tomeet in ay of 1796 at .napoiis to take into consideration thetrade of the United States, to examine the relative situationand trade of the said alstes f1). The meeting at Annapolis wasthinly attended, and no state except Virginia sent a full repre-sentation. However
The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . of the friction betweenstates was the difference in commercial regulations. In an effortto settle these differences, Virginia and ^^aryland met in a conven-tion at Alexandria in 1785. This convention accomplished its im-mediate purpose so well that Virginia invited all the states tomeet in ay of 1796 at .napoiis to take into consideration thetrade of the United States, to examine the relative situationand trade of the said alstes f1). The meeting at Annapolis wasthinly attended, and no state except Virginia sent a full repre-sentation. However,resolutions were drafted by Hamilton, who at-tended from Hew York, and were sent out to p11 the colonies. Theseresolutions outlined the de ects of the Articles and the desirabil-ity of having them strengthened by h conven! ion which ?hould re-port to the state legislatures. As a result of the above resolutions, elections v/ereheld in rest of the states for delegates to a convention to meet (1) Ohanning, A History of the United tates. III, in Philadelphia in May of 1787. Goiiverneur llorris, having residedin Philadelphia for seven years, was considered a citizen of ?enn- ?sylvania, \ v;as elected as onn of the delegates from that stated. The frarners of the 3o istitution of the United -tatesassembled in the month of Llay, 1787, amid difficulties and embar- irassments of the ^rost extreme kind. In the first place, notwith-standing the weakness of the Confederation, many people were at-tached to that form of government. Many people did not believe iit possible ^o better the situation by the means proposed. Somesaid it was n^t wise; others doubted the likelihood of any usefulresults; others even doubted the legality of the Convention. Intruth the country had come to no united opinion as to what could orwhat should be done. However, the unhappy circuiLStances of thetrials, sufferings, and difficulties that the country had gonethrough v;ith in the years im]-!ediately prece
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