THOSE IN ATTENDANCE KEPT THEIR DELIBERATIONS SECRET DURING THEIR LIFETIMES IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE DELEGATES TO MAKE ARGUMENTS WITHOUT FEAR OF RETALIATION AND TO DISCOURAGE MOB ACTION IN THE CITY. THE FINAL DOCUMENT WAS NOT MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17, AFTER THE VAST MAJORITY OF DELEGATES HAD SIGNED ON TO IT.
WHAT TRANSPIRED DURING THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1787?
• A HUGE MISSION AWAITS DELEGATES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, WHICH BEGINS ON MAY 14, 1787, IN PHILADELPHIA: THE PEACEFUL OVERTHROW OF THE NEW AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, OUTLINED BY THE Articles of Confederation.
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The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia was kept secret from the public to prevent interference. Details were finally released to the public in 1840.
Originally, 70 men were invited to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Of those invited, 55 attended and 39 actually signed the final document.?æ
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What did the framers of the constitution agree/disagree upon at the constitutional convention?
The framers of the US Constitution met in Philadelphia in 1787 to 1789 to create a new government to replace the Articles of Confederation government.
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The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was called in order to consider amendments to the Articles of Confederation, not to write another Constitution entirely. During deliberations over amendments to the Articles, it was realized that the Articles could not be patched up to make them workable. The framers began to think in terms of a completely different approach to a national government and created the Constitution. One irony is that some of the states never would have sent delegations to the Convention if they knew the Framers were going to create a whole new system instead of fixing the old one.State house, Philadelphia, PA. There is a copy of it at Knox Berry Farm in LA.
The reason why the framers kept the proceedings of the Philadelphia convention a secret is because they feared that if people knew about their arguments they would not except the new constitution. Also if people new about their discussions they would not feel as free to discuss their ideas.
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