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The constitutional convention had difficulty writing a new national constitution because?
The purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to fix problems in the Articles of Confederation, however, the delegates ended up writing the United States Constitution. The US Constitution was ratified on June 21, 1788.
The Constitutional Convention exceeded its authority in writing a new Constitution and it was feared that if deliberations on a new Constitution were to be found out, the Convention would be dissolved. The Convention was supposed to work out amendments to the Articles of Confederation that would keep that document in effect but improve on its inherent weaknesses. It was soon apparent to the delegates that saving the Articles of Confederation by amendment was hopeless, so they began to create a new form of government entirely. This was a task, the delegates had no authority to do.
The United States Constitution was writtenin 1787 during the Philadelphia Convention
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There were still just the original thirteen states at the time. Twelve of them sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention. Rhode Island was the one that did not participate.
William Few and Abraham Baldwin were Georgia delegates to the writing of the US constitution.
Madison took all the notes for the convention, so I don't imagine he said much since he was writing down what everyone said. It is because of him we know so much about the events of the convention. Some historians refer to him as "the father of the constitution."
they were rich, white, men with power.
major factor in writing the new constitution
For delegates from the 13 states to gather up and help revise the articles of confederation which led to the writing of the constititution.