Annapolis Convention

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September 14) Annapolis Convention calls for a national convention to revise the Articles of Confederation Shays s Rebellion in western Massachusetts, widely viewed as harbinger of coming anarchy, fuels calls for a stronger national government... 

Coxe, Teneh (1755—1824) was a Pennsylvania lawyer and merehant. After the Declaration of Independence made the war official, he resigned from the Pennsylvania militia and joined the British army. Captured by American forces, he was paroled and joined the patriot side. He was a delegate to the 1786 Annapolis Convention and, under the pseudonyms A Freeman and An American Citizen, wrote pamphlets in support of the new constitution. He served under President Washington as Assistant Secretaiy of the Treasury and shortly thereafter as Commissioner of Revenue until removed from office by President John Adams in 1797. Coxe became an ardent Republican and a friend and ally of Jefferson and Madison, serving in the administrations of both from 1803 until 1812. 

The powers of the Convention ought in strictness to be determined, by an inspection of the commissions given to the members by their respective constituents. As all of these however had reference, either to the recommendation from the meeting at Annapolis in September, 1786, or to that from Congress in February, 1787, it will be sufficient to recur to these particular acts. ... 

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