We the People: The Story of Our Constitution

"I almost despair," said George Washington of the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The bickering between small and large states about how each would be represented in a new government seemed insoluble. The bigger states believed that states with larger populations should have more power; smaller states argued that all states ought to be represented equally. Some representatives even suggested that the matter would be determined by force. This is the story of how the representatives arrived at a compromise. List of sources. Full-color illustrations in various water media on watercolor paper.