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What in the Constitutional convention was held?
Philadelphia, the purpose of the convention was to write the Constitution and establish some of the guidelines that would be in it. In this constitution it included all of the laws that we have today. Our rights, the laws, and the bill of writes are all included in the constitution.
What is the National Constitutional Convention?
A constitutional convention is now a gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution. A general constitutional convention is called to create the first constitution of a political unit or to entirely replace an existing constitution. An unlimited constitutional convention is called to revise an existing constitution to the extent that it deems to be proper, whereas a limited constitutional convention is restricted to revising only the areas of the current constitution named in the convention's call, the legal mandate establishing the convention. Examples of constitutional conventions include:United States: Annapolis Convention (1786), which proposed what became the Philadelphia Convention (1787) -- Drafted the United States Constitution for ratification by the states. Article V of the constitution sets forth a mechanism whereby future constitutional conventions can be held. The constitution has been amended several times since the Philadelphia Convention, but never (as of 2011) by this method.France: The National Convention of 1792 (commonly referred to as The Convention) convened during The French Revolution on September 20 with the purpose of writing a Republican Constitution following the suspension of the French Monarchy. The monarchy was officially abolished on September 21 by The Convention.Missouri Constitutional Convention (1861-63), established Missouri's provisional government during the American Civil WarCanada: (1864), Quebec Conference, 1864, and London Conference of 1866.Australian constitutional conventions -- 1891, 1897, 1973 and 1998.Germany: ParlamentRat (Parliamentary Council) (1948) -- Drafted the Basic Law of the Federal Republic for ratification by the londonNorthern Ireland Constitutional Convention (1975--1976) -- a failed attempt to find a solution to the status of Northern Ireland.Scottish Constitutional Convention (1989) -- produced a plan for Scottish devolution.European Convention (2001) -- Drafted the Constitution for Europe for approval by the European Council and ratification by the member states.Philippine Constitutional Convention 1935 -- to draft a constitution to create the autonomous Commonwealth of the Philippines under the U.S. Act. The constitution was also used in the 3rd Republic (1946) until the passage of the 1973 constitution. Members were elected through the Philippine Constitutional Convention election, 19341971 -- to draft a revised constitution to replace the old U.S. customed 1935 Philippine constitution. Members were elected through the Philippine Constitutional Convention election, 1970. The system of government changed from Presidentitial to Parliamentary to Presidentital-Parliamentary (in 1984 amendment). The constitution lasted until the downfall of Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 and Corazon Aquino appointed members to draft the 1987 Constitution through a Constitutional Commission.
The official purpose of the constitutional convention was to write a new constitution?
No, not really. The offical purpose was to revise the Articles of Confederation. Let us say they took a very broad construction of the word revise. <G>
Why is a meeting held for a special purpose?
convention
What process did the philadelphia convention devise for ratifying the constitution and why?
The plan was to go directly to the voters to get them to approve of the Constitution. The Constitution would be presented to special ratifying conventions in each state, rather than to the existing state legislatures. Delegates to the conventions would be elected by popular vote for the soul purpose of debating and approving the Constitution. (Source- We the People by Susan M. Leeson.)
What is the original purpose of the Philadelphia convention?
The Constitution was written at this convention.
What was the purpose of the continental convention?
This convention convened to write the Constitution of the USA.
What was the purpose of the Philadelphia Convention?
To write the constitution.
What is the purpose of the constitution convention?
To revise the Articles of Confederation
What was a purpose of the constitutional convention?
The Constitutional convention was called to create and write the law of the land (Constitution).
What was the original purpose of the Constitution Convention?
to have a share betwaan states
What was the purpose of the constitution called?
The Constitutional convention was called to create and write the law of the land (Constitution).
What was the result of the convention?
The U.S. ConstitutionThough the official purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to revise the Articles of Confederation the convention culminated with the signing of a new document, the U.S. Constitution.
The purpose of the constitutional convention was to fix problems in the articles of confederation. What did the delegates do instead?
Write the constitution. That's why it is called "constitutional convention."
What was the purpose of calling a Constitutional Convention?
The Constitutional convention was called to create and write the law of the land (Constitution).
Did the Annapolis Convention aid the process of getting a new Constitution written?
Yes. The purpose of the Annapolis Convention was to make changes to the Articles of Confederation. The participants instead drafted a whole new constitution.
What was the initial purpose of the constitution convention of 1787?
revise the Articles of Confederation
