Because Rhode Island did not want to over throw the establishment of the government. They liked things the way they were and they did not want to take any part in changing the way the government was.
Rhode Island did not send any representatives to philadelphia
A total of 12 states participated in the Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia in 1787, sending delegates at various times. Only Rhode Island did not send delegates to the convention. The convention ultimately resulted in the drafting of the United States Constitution, which was later ratified by the states.
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False. The only state that didn't send a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was Rhode Island.
There were 55 delegates, including George Washington (whom the delegates unanimously elected to chair the convention), Ben Franklin (the 'sage' of the convention, and, at 81, it's oldest member), Alexander Hamilton (later in the convention he was stripped of his vote when the other New York delegates left), and James Madison of Virginia (whose scrupulous notes would tell us of the proceedings of the Convention). Rhode Island did not send a delegate. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were not there because they were serving the country abroad, but they sent letters encouraging the delegates. Patrick Henry did not attend because he "smelt a rat" that the convention, which was purportedly only to revise the Articles of Confederation, would instead write an entirely new document creating a strong federal government "tending toward the monarchy." 39 delegates actually signed the Constitution.
Rhode Island state didn't send delegates to the convention
the didnt want the convention to create a more executive government
Rhode Island did not send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
During the American Constitutional Convention that formally began its proceedings in 1787, the smallest state (in terms of land-area) represented was Delaware. Rhode Island, the smallest state of the 'Original 13,' declined to send delegates to the Convention.
Rhode Island did not send any representatives to philadelphia
what state was not represented when the constitution was signed ?Rhode Island did not want a strong central government at the time, so they refused to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
Missouri did not send delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. At that time, Missouri was not yet a state; it was part of the larger territory known as the Louisiana Territory, which was acquired by the United States in 1803. The delegates at the convention were primarily from the original thirteen states that were seeking to create a new constitution for the United States. Missouri would later become a state in 1821.
what state was not represented when the constitution was signed ?Rhode Island did not want a strong central government at the time, so they refused to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
what state was not represented when the constitution was signed ?Rhode Island did not want a strong central government at the time, so they refused to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
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A total of 12 states participated in the Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia in 1787, sending delegates at various times. Only Rhode Island did not send delegates to the convention. The convention ultimately resulted in the drafting of the United States Constitution, which was later ratified by the states.
The debates and compromises that went into creating the U.S. Constitution were done at a constitutional convention to which Rhode Island refused to send delegates.