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.
It was at this meeting that Alexander Hamilton's recommendation to convene another reform meeting in Philadelphia in the spring of 1787 was forwarded to the Continental Congress. The states decided who they would send to the Constitutional Convention as delegates. Several prominent figures did not attend. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry were among those who were not in attendance. Henry, who once said, 'Give me liberty or give me death,' now said, 'I smell a rat.'.