The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787.
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george washington
To revise the Articles of Confederation. Congress realized that the Articles were to terrible to be revised, so they started from scratch, and thus comes the Constitution.
Thomas Jefferson said that about that constitutional convention.Thomas Jefferson.
I'm not actually sure this answer is right. Just out of reading several articles I think I know what the answer is:As the delegates made the Constitution, it was set it stone, "framed". Not framed in the sense that people think it committed a crime it didn't. More as you would frame a picture or a document. Thus, they were called Framers.
The rights of the people was the convention of 1824.
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Jonhathan Daton
george washington
nothing he was super stupid
some of them yes, such as Thomas Jefferson.
The constitutional convention took place in Philadelphia.
John Hancock presided over the first, and George Washington presided over the second.
Benjamin Franklin was by far the oldest delegate, aged 81. He died in the first year of the new government.
To revise the Articles of Confederation. Congress realized that the Articles were to terrible to be revised, so they started from scratch, and thus comes the Constitution.
They prayed and all together, especially when days passed and the task at hand had not been achieved. When they started to get on edge with each other, they realized they needed divine intervention. The records show they prayed during the first Contitutional Convention.
Rhode Island was the only state that didn't send delegates to the Constitutional Convention. It was also the last state to ratify the Constitution.