Delegates sought a new plan instead of amending the Articles of Confederation because they believed the existing framework was fundamentally flawed and ineffective in addressing the nation's challenges. The Articles created a weak central government that struggled with issues like economic instability, interstate commerce, and lack of federal authority to enforce laws or collect taxes. Many delegates feared that mere amendments would not suffice to create a stronger, more cohesive national government capable of managing these issues effectively. This led to the call for a Constitutional Convention to draft a new Constitution.
Federal
Yes. The purpose of the Annapolis Convention was to make changes to the Articles of Confederation. The participants instead drafted a whole new constitution.
The delegates settled on a federal form of government instead of a system in which power was not divided between state and national government because they believed that it provided for a much stronger national government with a chief executive (the president), courts, and taxing powers.
To ratify the Articles of Confederation.To change and make better the Articles of Confederation.To elect a President.To write the Constitution.To weaken the federal government
The Constitution was finished on September 12, 1787. Of the 55 delegates, 42 attended most of the meetings, and 39 delegates (and the attesting secretary) actually signed the Constitution. Edmund Randolph and George Mason of Virginia and Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts refused to sign, due in part to the lack of a bill of rights.(See the Related questions for the list of those who did and didn't sign.)
i thought it was that James Madison made up the Virginia plan because he thought it was better. Then the delegates saw that the plan would be better if revised so both sides of the conflict gets what they want.
wrote a new constitution
The Articles of Confederation required unanimous consent of the 13 states to amend it. Two attempts were made to do so, each one failing by one vote.
The convention that came to be known as the Constitutional Convention or the Federal Convention, meeting in Philadelphia, was instructed by the government under the Articles to revise the existing frame of government. Instead, the delegates decided to throw out the Articles of Confederation and write a new constitution for the nation.
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention believed that the flaws in the Articles of Confederation were two numerous and two deep to be remedied by making superficial changes to the document. The biggest issue in the delegates' opinion was the weakness of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation. As a result, in the US Constitution of 1789, the federal government has many more expanded powers.
One of the reasons is that the articles were made so that it was extremely hard to change them. They made a weak decentralized government to maintain the status quo, and for any change to be made to the articles you would need the approval of 9 out of 13 colonies.
i thought it was that James Madison made up the Virginia plan because he thought it was better. Then the delegates saw that the plan would be better if revised so both sides of the conflict gets what they want.
Write the constitution. That's why it is called "constitutional convention."
hitler came wrong anwser
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention sidestepped their original mandate to merely amend the Articles of Confederation by opting to create an entirely new framework of government. Instead of addressing specific issues within the Articles, they engaged in debates that led to the drafting of the U.S. Constitution. This shift was driven by the recognition that the Articles were insufficient to address the growing challenges facing the nation, such as economic instability and interstate conflicts. Ultimately, this bold decision laid the foundation for a stronger federal government.
Federal
There were many reasons that led the people to call for changes to the Articles of Confederation. One such reason was because too many states fought among themselves which in turn weakened the government instead of united the colonies against Britain.