In the sweltering Maryland heat, a group of visionary patriots congregated at Mann's Tavern in Annapolis, marking the beginning of the Annapolis Convention. These reform-minded Founding Fathers, including Alexander Hamilton, Edmund Randolph, and James Madison, sought to overhaul the flawed Articles of Confederation, which had been crippling the young American nation. For four days, they fiercely debated and strategized, ultimately producing a call to action that would pave the way for the Philadelphia Convention and the birth of the United States Constitution.