Shays' Rebellion, an uprising that occurred in Massachusetts, was the event in 1787 that resulted in many calling for a Constitutional Convention. Along with Shays himself, Luke Day was a prominent leader of the rebellion.
Shay's rebellion is remembered today because it shocked Congress into calling a Constitutional Convention and also showed how well the Articles of Confederation worked.
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the central government needed addition power
the Constitution ws pretty much really not neccesaray I'm british of course and i hate AMERICANS!!!
Shays' Rebellion, an uprising that occurred in Massachusetts, was the event in 1787 that resulted in many calling for a Constitutional Convention. Along with Shays himself, Luke Day was a prominent leader of the rebellion.
Shay's rebellion is remembered today because it shocked Congress into calling a Constitutional Convention and also showed how well the Articles of Confederation worked.
The Annapolis Convention of 1786 proposed calling the Constitutional Convention, which took place in Philadelphia from May 25 through September 17 of 1787.
The Constitutional convention was called to create and write the law of the land (Constitution).
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To create a new government
The delegates at the Annapolis Convention - namely Alexander Hamilton, who wrote the report calling for the Constitutional Convention. James Madison supporters, however, might beg to differ, but either way it was Hamilton and Madison who pushed for the convention.
the central government needed addition power
Forty-nine states have applied for an Article V Convention (what is often called a "Constitutional Convention"), submitting more 700 applications. Article V does not permit the calling of a "constitutional convention" only a "convention for proposing amendments."
so, they could revise the articles of confederation
the Constitution ws pretty much really not neccesaray I'm british of course and i hate AMERICANS!!!
The two men most responsible for the calling of the Constitutional Convention, after the failed Annapolis Convention of 1786, were Alexander Hamilton (from New York), and James Madison (from Virginia). They also wrote most of the Federalist Papers, and in 1787, they were a formidable team when it came to the Constitution.