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Research is always good. I'm pretty sure that it'll lead you to another conclusion than your current position, but then -- well, I can't begin to count the times research has done that to me. It's a cool premise, but it pretty much butterflies all the relevant points here. Without the bad...

No, that's obviously not the only conclusion that can be drawn. Are you trying to troll here? The Articles of Confederation had run into issues from the very moment they were drawn up, because the Congressional power to actually compel the states to do anything was nearly non-existent. There...

The notion that the Articles needed reform wasn't new. This had been discussed and worked towards for years. The notion that this should at least be discussed through some special convention wasn't new, either. The fact that this convention would usurp unilateral powers to not just advise the...

I disagree with the assessment that you derive from the quote. Without Shays' Rebellion, but with the matters Kamiski cites (the Jay matter and the New York impost) remaining as in OTL, I'm pretty confident that the Philadelphia convention would happen... but wouldn't have the impetus to...

It is certainly an attractive prospect. I do have some notes regarding Kaminski's analysis. His facts are great, but there's one key omission and one big (and, I believe, unfounded) assumption. This ends up skewing his 'projection' of what would have happened. 1. The big omission is the role...