constitutional convention
The Constitutional Convention of 1787. The Articles of Confederation were ultimately abandoned by our four fathers and the US Constitution was written.
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George Washington
The meeting was scheduled in Philadelphia.
Congressional convention
The meeting in 1787 was to revise the Articles of Confederation. Many leaders felt that the Articles of Confederation were too weak and needed to be changed.
The purpose was to revise the Articles of Confederation. However, Rhode Island didn't send representatives and the Articles of Confederation required each state to send representatives in order to edit the Articles of Confederation. Because the Articles of Confederation could not be edited, the Articles of Confederation were thrown out and the current Constitution of the United States was created. This meeting is also known as the Constitutional Convention.This is false. The purpose of the meeting in Annapolis in 1785 was not to change the Articles of Confederation.False
George Washington was the president of the Constitutional Convention that voted to replace the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution.
Several were set up. The Declaration of Independence was done there, the articles of confederation, and the constitution.
A constitutional convention is a meeting held in 1787 to consider changes to the Articles Of Confederation; resulted in the drafting of the Constitution.
the congress meeting
The Constitutional Convention of 1787. The Articles of Confederation were ultimately abandoned by our four fathers and the US Constitution was written.
They were meeting there to revise the Articles of Confederation. However, many believed that we simply could not operate under the Articles of Confederation and we needed an entirely new form of government. So, that is why we now have the US Constitution.
it was the constitutional convention that was an effort to amend the articles of confederation.
rhode island ratifies the constitution
Philadelphia
To discuss revising the Articles of Confederation