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No, but he contributed. The Articles were written by a committee of the Second Continental Congress between June 12, 1776 and July 1777. The committee was chaired by John Dickinson of Philadelphia, who in 1777 relocated to Delaware and was later both the President (governor) of Delaware and the President (governor) of Pennsylvania.
At the Constitutional Convention during the summer of 1787, Franklin agreed with the other delegates that the Articles of Confederation were an inadequate system for governing the nation. He did not want to simply revise the document, he wanted to write an entirely new constitution.
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Why did William Paterson agree to revise the articles of confederation?
what did William few say after revising the articles of confederation
When did they revise the Articles of Confederation?
They decided to send delegrates to a convention in Philadelphia to revise the Article of Confederation in 1787, nearly a year after the Shays' Rebellion.
What was the 1787 meeting of the states to revise Articles of the Confederation known as?
Congressional convention
Why did Patrick Henry not want to change the articles of confederation to make them stronger?
Who wanted to replace the Articles of Confederation?
The original purpose of the constitution convention was to revise the articles of confederation true or false?
Very much True
Why did Congress call for a convention of the states?
Congress wanted to strengthen and refine the Articles of Confederation.
What was the initial purpose of the constitution convention of 1787?
revise the Articles of Confederation
How large was the delegates that met to revise the Articles of Confederation?
how large was the delegation that met to revise the articles of confederation
Why did Washington and hamilton want a convention in philadelphia?
To revise the Articles of Confederation !
Why did antifederalist believe that the constitutional convention had gone too far?
It was only to revise the Articles of Confederation
What Massachusetts delegate did not back a national government but merely wanted to revise the articles of confederation?
Rufus King
Why did congress call a convetion to revise the articles of confederation?
because they wanted to aknowledge the AOC to make changes to it
What did the Constitutional Convention revise?
the articles of confederation
The publicly stated purpose of the convention to be held in 1787 was to?
Revise the Articles of Confederation
Why did the confederation congress authorized the constitutional convention?
to revise the articles of confederation.
What did Congress invite the delegates to do?
Revise the Articles of Confederation.
What is the purpose of the constitution convention?
To revise the Articles of Confederation
