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2. Contextualizing.

Given what had happened in America in recent years, why might many in
the Constitutional Convention have agreed with Hamilton's views of the people? What
might have led them to disagree with him?

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Answer:

Hamilton served as one of New York's delegates to the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, and proposed that senators and the executive serve for life, and that the executive have an absolute veto. Although his proposals were not fully adopted, Hamilton passionately campaigned for the Constitution.

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