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According to Article V of the Constitution, a constitutional convention may be held whenever two-thirds of the state legislatures call for one.
Article V
"The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate."
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∙ 15y agoThe Constitutional Convention was the only convention, and that was in 1787. The Convention was in Independence Hall, Philadelphia.
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∙ 11y agoPhiladelphia
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∙ 13y agoPhiladelphia.
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The constitutional convention met in the city of?
The Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia.
In which city was the constitutional convention held the founding fathers met to create a new framework for government?
Philadelphia
What plan for the Constitutional Convention was bicameral?
The Constitutional Convention?
How many days or years did Ben Franklin live after the Constitutional Convention?
The Constitutional Convention met in 1787. He was 81 and suffering from gall stones. He did live another three years before his death April 17, 1790.
Which of these events occurred last Delaware ratified the constitution the first congress met Rhode Island ratified the constitution the constitutional convention met?
Rhode Island
The constitutional convention met in the city of?
The Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia.
The Constitutional Convention met in?
new york
The Constitutional Convention met in what State?
Pennsylvania.
Delegates met in Philadelphia for the Constitutional what?
Convention.
What city the Constitutional Convention met?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
What was the name of the city where the constitutional convention met?
Philadelphia
When did the Constitutional Convention begin?
The Constitutional Convention began on May 25, 1787. It ended on September 17.James Madison and other 56 delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia in May 1787.
What was the year that the constitutional convention was met?
May to September 1787.
What convention met in September 1786 and invited all of the states to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention?
Annapolls Convention
where did the 1787 constitutional convention take place?
The Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia.
What was the location of the Grand Convention?
Grand Convention is a term sometimes used for the 1787 Constitutional Convention that met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
What group was responsible for the creation of the us government?
The Constitutional Convention
