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It was the revising the Articles of Confederation which was the united states' first government after the revolutionary war. The reason the met at Philidalphia was to revise the articles of confederation and make a more centralized government.

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to make the constitution and Ben Franklin was in Pennsylvania and was to old to move much or talk much so they wouldn't want him to have to travel a very long way just to attend this

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because Pennsylvania deserves better.

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because he did not want to have a house

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Q: Why did Alexander Hamilton and George Washington suggest having a grand convention in philadelphia?
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