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.
No, over 500 delegates did not attend the Constitutional Convention, nor did that many sign the Constitution. The convention, held in Philadelphia in 1787, had 55 delegates, and 39 of them signed the final document. The number of attendees varied throughout the convention, but only a smaller group was involved in the drafting and signing of the Constitution.
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. :)