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In 1787, the delegates gathered at the Constitutional Convention to vote on and ratify a constitution for the United States. Previously, the county had continued to operate under the Articles of Confederation, but recent problems determining jurisdiction of the states versus the federal government had come up, requiring action.
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In 1787 represetnatives of the US States met in Philadelphia and wrote?
The US Constitution.
Why did the representatives of the states meet in Philadelphia in 1787?
They met in Philadelphia because they wanted to revise the weakened Articles of Confederation. Instead they ended up re-writing the Constitution.
American's first constitution was?
In 1781 the newly free 13 colonies drew up Articles of Confederation, but by 1787 it was generally agreed that a more formal and stronger document to unite the 13 states as one nation was needed, so the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia that summer.
Delegates from 12 of the 13 states met in Philadelphia to discuss a new system of government in 1787 but who led this convention of delegates?
George Washington of Virginia.
How many men met at Philadelphia to draft constitution in 1787?
55
Representatives from the states met to write new constitution in?
Philadelphia in the summer of 1787.
When the representatives of the American states met in Philadelphia in 1787 what did they write?
The US Constitution.
Where did the delegates meet''?
met in the summer of 1787 in philadelphia
In 1787 represetnatives of the US States met in Philadelphia and wrote?
The US Constitution.
In 1787 delegates met in philadelphia they came from all of the thirteen states except?
Rhode Island
When representatives met in Philadelphia in May of 1787 they were to revise what document?
It was NOT the Declaration of Independence they met to revise, but the Articles of Confederation. They were supposed to modify the Confederation; instead they came up with an entirely new government, described in the Constitution.
In 1787 55 delegates met in Philadelphia and created which document of American government?
The United States Constitution.
When the nation's leaders met in 1787 these problems needed to be addressed.?
Tax collection, Trade between states and Law enforcement
Who did Beethoven meet in 1787?
Beethoven was believed to have met with Mozart in 1787, in Vienna.
When did the constitutional covention meet?
They met in 1787
What was the year that the constitution convention met?
1787
What year did the constitutional convection met?
1787
