At the time of the American Philadelphia convention, several terms can be considered to be descriptive. One term is that the "convention" was part of Colonial America, and British American colonial era. Also, many people will associate this to the American Revolutionary period or era.
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The members of the convention felt that there was a protection from the usurpation of powers from the three governmental branches missing in the Constitution. They thought that by having no checks & balances in the Constitution, there would be abuses of certain amendments.
The members of the convention felt that there was a protection from the usurpation of powers from the three governmental branches missing in the Constitution. They thought that by having no checks & balances in the Constitution, there would be abuses of certain amendments.
The members of the convention felt that there was a protection from the usurpation of powers from the three governmental branches missing in the Constitution. They thought that by having no checks & balances in the Constitution, there would be abuses of certain amendments.
It was called the "Federal Convention" when it was going on and shortly thereafter. Now it is referred to as the "Constitutional Convention." This was because the delegates assemble to write amendments to the existing Articles of Confederation not a new constitution. They decided that the Articles of Confederation were hopelessly defective and could not be fixed by amendments. Only a new form of government would suffice, therefore they set about writing the Constitution. Thus, it could never have been called the Constitutional Convention while it was being held.
The Virginia plan! It said that representation in Congress would be based on population.
They called for a nother convention in philadelphia,pennsylvania in februrary of that year congress agree with the delegates and stated the convention would have the"sole" and express pirpose of revising the articles of confederation
The members of the convention felt that there was a protection from the usurpation of powers from the three governmental branches missing in the Constitution. They thought that by having no checks & balances in the Constitution, there would be abuses of certain amendments.
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.
No otherwise they would have been introduced like other family members in both conventions.
---- The Constitution would be different because the men had education in there life and woman didn't they were just told to do all the work in the house. Men knew every thing about the constitution because they were either in the war or they were involved in the Philadelphia Convention.