the didnt want the convention to create a more executive government
Rhode Island state didn't send delegates to the convention
anit-federalists they didnt want the article of confederation to be changed because they thought the national government would be too strong and theyd go back to a government that they just got out of Britain with
Fifty-five men attended the constitutional convention but only 39 signed it. Fifty-five men signed the Declaration of Independence. It was considered brave because of the risk that involved. the delegates sent a petition to king George III earlier to ask for independence. He sent back an answer stating that any more talk of independence and he would hang them. Signing the document might as well have been siging their death sentence. King George III later sent soldiers to attack them which led to the battle of Concord and the Revolutionary War. It was brave to sign the constitution because of what was suppposed to happen. they gathered to ament the Articles of Confederation but threw it out to start over. Nothing of the sort was permitted through the Articles and as well they didnt know how the colonists would react. some people ressented them and some delegates didn't show up for fear of what might happen for creating a new government.
Elbridge Gerry, George Mason, Edmund RandolphThree delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia (1787) refused to sign:Elbridge Gerry (MA)George Mason (VA)Edmund Randolph (VA)Other delegates who were only there for portions of the summer were also not "Signers". People like Robert Yates and John Lansing from NY, for example.
The Seven Years War was (1756-63). That would have made Washington about 24 years old when it first started. When the Second Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in May 1775, Washington, one of the Virginia delegates, was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. On July 3, 1775, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, he took command of his ill-trained troops and embarked upon a war that was to last six grueling years.Source: Answers.comWhoever wrote that didnt read the question; George Washington was fighting the french in the french and Indian war. In Europe called the seven years war. And he was in the then 13 colonies.
Rhode Island state didn't send delegates to the convention
12 states went to the Constitutional Convention (also known as the Federal Convention, the Philadelphia Convention, the First Constitutional Convention, and the Constitutional Convention of 1787). Rhode Island didn't send delegates because it opposed any revision of the Articles of Confederation and it did not believe the national government had the right to interfere in the affairs of a state.All the states expect Rhode Island were represented at the constitutional convention. Because it had been self governed for over 140 years. And the state was reluctant to give up power to a central government.
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.
John, James, and Jacob of Rhode Island
i don't know who signed it and who didnt sign it that's y im asking
Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry. Also, Rhode Islands delegates did not attend.
Rhode Island
The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia was kept secret from the public to prevent interference. Details were finally released to the public in 1840.
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They didnt listen
Strong was at the convention but missed part of it and didnt sign because he was called back home. Someone in his family had an illness
anit-federalists they didnt want the article of confederation to be changed because they thought the national government would be too strong and theyd go back to a government that they just got out of Britain with