We know that 27 amendments have been added to the constitution over the years. far more amendments have been proposed, and have failed to make it through the process of being added to the constitution. do some research online or at your library to discover some failed amendments. choose one of the amendments that failed and write a brief essay including the following information: describe the proposed amendment and what it would do. when was the amendment proposed? why was the amendment proposed? why did some individuals believe there was a need for such an amendment at that time? why did the amendment fail? could this amendment pass today? given the changing times, do you think this amendment would have a chance at passing today if it were proposed again? write a 1 page essay answering the questions above and submit it to your instructor once it is completed. do not forget to include a list of your sources.

Eleven states ratified the amendment between 1789 and 1792, but it never got the three-quarters majority of state support needed for ratification. Although the amendment is still technically eligible for ratification, it seems unnecessary now. Given the current U.S. population, if we went with the maximum ratio of one representative for every 50,000 people, the House would balloon to over 5,000 congressmen, which would make finding airtime for campaign commercials nearly impossible.

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explanation:

the committees of correspondence were the american colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the revolutionary war. in 1764, boston formed the earliest committee of correspondence to encourage opposition to britain’s stiffening of customs enforcement and prohibition of american paper money. the following year, new york formed a similar committee to keep the other colonies notified of its actions in resisting the stamp act. in 1773, the virginia house of burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a committee for intercolonial correspondence. the exchanges that followed built solidarity during the turbulent times and bring about the formation of the first continental congress in 1774.