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Chapter 2: The convention of 1787 diversity of opinion Luther Martin's account of the three parties the question of representation Compromise effected Randolph's resolutions the word national condemned plan of Government framed difficulty with regard to ratification, and its solution provision for secession from the Union views of Gerry and Madison false Interpretations close of the convention. When the convention met in Philadelphia in May, 1787, it soon became evident that the work before it would take a wider range and involve more radical changes in the Federal Constitution than had at first been contemplated. Under the Articles of Confederation the general government was obliged to rely upon the governments of the several states for the execution of its enactments. Except its own officers and employees, and in time of war the federal army and navy, it could exercise no control upon individual citizens. With regard to the states, no compulsory or coe