To change the Articles of Confederation
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The delegates met to deliberate over the NEW government. The Articles of Confederation were too weak and needed "modifying". The delegates met to approve the Constitution.
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to draft the constitution
They did it out of fear that the rebellion might spread.
Rhode Island did not send anyone to the 1787 Philadelphia convention to represent their state.
Florida did not become a state until 1845.
Rhode Island did not send any representatives to philadelphia
To draft the constitution.
Rhode Island did not send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
Georgia was not represented.
To change the Articles of Confederation **** The delegates met to deliberate over the NEW government. The Articles of Confederation were too weak and needed "modifying". The delegates met to approve the Constitution. ****
To change the Articles of Confederation **** The delegates met to deliberate over the NEW government. The Articles of Confederation were too weak and needed "modifying". The delegates met to approve the Constitution. ****
They decided to send delegrates to a convention in Philadelphia to revise the Article of Confederation in 1787, nearly a year after the Shays' Rebellion.
It frightened some leading Americans. They believed that a stronger central government would protect against popular unrest. In response, Congress asked the states to send delegates to a convention in Philadelphia in 1787. their task was to revise the Articles of Confederation.
It frightened some leading Americans. They believed that a stronger central government would protect against popular unrest. In response, Congress asked the states to send delegates to a convention in Philadelphia in 1787. their task was to revise the Articles of Confederation.