Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry. Also, Rhode Islands delegates did not attend.
Thomas Paine declined the invitation to attend the Constitutional Convention. He did not believe in a strong central government that the new Constitution would enact.
he did not attend the Constitutional Convention!
Rhode Island was not there because it never appointed delegates to attend the Convention.
Leaders like Patrick Henry refused to attend.
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.
With the exception of Rhode Island, it was the original states, collectively, that chose the delegates to attend the Constitutional Convention. Several prominent Founding Fathers were not able to attend, such as Thomas Jefferson.
Rhode Island did not send anyone to the constitutional Convention
Delegates wrote the United States Constitution (APEX)
the didnt want the convention to create a more executive government
The Constitution. :)
George Washington did attend the Philadelphia Convention in 1787; in fact, he served as its president. However, he initially had reservations about the necessity of a convention to address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. Ultimately, he recognized the importance of a strong central government and felt it was crucial to lend his support to the deliberations, which contributed significantly to the creation of the U.S. Constitution.