The first act of delegates' first actions at the constitutional convention was provided for the oath.
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The first act of delegates' first actions at the constitutional convention was provided for the oath.
Founding Fathers
Elect a president of the Convention. A +LS
The Convention chose George Washington to preside over the meetings.
There were three meetings of colonial delegates. The First and Second Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention.
15 delegates did not attend. 70 were chosen to attend but only 55 attended.
George Washington and James Madison.
the decision to keep deliberations as secret as possible.
All 13 states were invited to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention. Only Rhode Island refused to send delegates, fearing (correctly) that the Convention didn't really intend to revise the Articles of Confederation, but rather to replace it with a Constitution that created a strong federal government.
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 accomplished a great deal during the first days of the event. First of all, George Washington was unanimously voted in as the first President of the United States. Next they developed a framework for the separation of government powers that resulted in the executive, legislative and judicial branches.
The representatives of the original 13 states sent to Philadelphia for the U.S. Constitutional Convention (originally "Philadelphia Convention") are called delegates. The resolution calling for delegates to the Convention was issued by the Continental Congress on February 21, 1787: "... it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States be held at Philladelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation...."Although a total of 70 delegates were appointed by the States, 55 ended up attending (none came from Rhode Island), and but 39 actually signed the final document.