Meaning of Eudora. Compound name composed of the Greek element eu (good, well, fine) and doron (gift); hence, good gift. The name is borne in Greek mythology by one of the Nereids, the fifty sea-nymph daughters of Nereus.
HGU: Henry feared the Constitution would give the federal government too much power and threaten state sovereignty and individual liberties. He warned that the document set no limits on congressional taxing powers and gave the president the authority to lead the nation into undeclared wars.
James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, originally did not think a Bill of Rights was necessary. He thought the Constitution gave no power to the federal government that would allow for a violation of the rights of the people. Madison later changed his position, persuaded mainly by Thomas Jefferson, and, with the help of others, drafted twenty amendments that were proposed to the first United States Congress in 1789.