Thesis
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was called in response to dissatisfaction with the government under the Articles of Confederation. During the Convention, many proposals of how the government should be restructured were submitted and discussed. Alexander Hamilton, who had long been a proponent of a national conference to discuss a revision of the Articles of Confederation, submitted one such plan. His plan differed from others submitted in that it favored a stronger national government, but eventually ideas were taken from all the plans and merged and revised into what became the Constitution, which Hamilton then fought vigorously to have ratified.