**Annapolis and the American Revolution: Where a Nation Found Its Footing**
PEOPLE
George Washington
Commander-in-Chief, Mount Vernon Planter, Enslaver
Thomas Jefferson
Continental Congressman, Virginia Delegate, Future President
Thomas Mifflin
President of Congress, Continental Army General, Pennsylvania Politician
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Maryland Senator, Signer of Declaration of Independence, Planter
KEY EVENTS
STORIES
MODERN VOICE
The Meeting That Failed Into History
The Annapolis Convention of September 1786 matters most for what it didn't accomplish. Delegates from only five states showed up. They couldn't agree on commercial policy. By any reasonable measure, i...
HISTORICAL VOICE
The Greatest Act
Washington's hands shook as he read the address. He held the parchment in both hands to steady them, and the men watching from the gallery could see it. The ceremony had been choreographed in advance:...