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They met in Philadelphia because they wanted to revise the weakened Articles of Confederation. Instead they ended up re-writing the Constitution.

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They met with the intention of modifying the Articles of Confederation. Instead, they created a new US Constitution.

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our founding father all sat and wrote a list of princables that is what keeps us free today.

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