6. The Framers Many had served in the Confederation Congress A small number were army veterans Not the same group that had signed the Declaration Thomas Jefferson was serving as Minister to France John Adams was serving as Minister to Great Britain Rhode Island doesn’t send anyone Sam Adams is ill Patrick Henry refuses to come saying he smelled a rat in Philadelphia tending toward monarchy
7. In most cases this is not a great ongoing philosophical or theoretical debate It does consist of arguments relating to the writings of Locke; and of the philosophies of Montesquieu and Hobbes; Blackstone for law But this is a practical, nuts and bolts, “how do we run our states and the country and NOT cause another revolution, or a collapse of the government?” In other words “How do we create a government that provides and protects liberty without threatening liberty?” Shay’s Rebellion—Army veterans losing their homes/land because of taxes they could not pay
