Under: convention of "Demigods"

a. Among them were people like Jefferson, Hamilton, Franklin, and Madison.

b. However, people like Jefferson, John and Sam Adams, Thomas Pain, Hancock, and Patrick Henry were not there (for various purposes).

Under: four Laggard States
2. New York was swayed by The Federalist Papers, written by John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton, and finally yielded after realizing that it could prosper apart from the union.

I think it's supposed to be couldn't

:D