what state was not represented when the constitution was signed ?
Rhode Island did not want a strong central government at the time, so they refused to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
what state was not represented when the constitution was signed ?
Rhode Island did not want a strong central government at the time, so they refused to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
what state was not represented when the constitution was signed ?Rhode Island did not want a strong central government at the time, so they refused to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
there were 12 states that were represented in the constitutional convention
Rhode Island did not attend the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. They feared the idea of a strong federal government.
George Washington represented the state of Virginia
Well, at the Constitutional Convention...he wasn't there. He was actually abroad as a diplomat. However, he was in the Continental Congress, and there (and if he'd been at the Convention) he represented Massachusetts.
Rhode Island did not want any part in the Convention.
In the first constitutional convention, he represented the state of North Carolina.
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what state was not represented when the constitution was signed ?Rhode Island did not want a strong central government at the time, so they refused to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
how was the constitutional convention of state representation settled
During the American Constitutional Convention that formally began its proceedings in 1787, the smallest state (in terms of land-area) represented was Delaware. Rhode Island, the smallest state of the 'Original 13,' declined to send delegates to the Convention.