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Why were the states asked to send delegates to Philadelphia in 1787?
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To change the Articles of Confederation
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The delegates met to deliberate over the NEW government. The Articles of Confederation were too weak and needed "modifying". The delegates met to approve the Constitution.
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The missing delegates of the Philadelphia convention of 1787?
what is the missing delegates of the philadelphia convention of 1787 **** Rhode Island did not attend the conventions in 1787. ****
Why were states asked to send delegates to Philadelphia in 1787?
To change the Articles of Confederation **** The delegates met to deliberate over the NEW government. The Articles of Confederation were too weak and needed "modifying". The delegates met to approve the Constitution. ****
Why did 12 states send delegates to philadelphia in 1787?
They did it out of fear that the rebellion might spread.
In 1787 delegates met in philadelphia they came from all of the thirteen states except?
Rhode Island
Delegates from 12 of the 13 states met in Philadelphia to discuss a new system of government in 1787 but who led this convention of delegates?
George Washington of Virginia.
In 1787 55 delegates met in Philadelphia and created which document of American government?
The United States Constitution.
In witch city was the constitutional convention held?
Philadelphia
In what year was the constitution signed by the delegates to the constitutional convention?
September 17, 1787 at the Constitutional Convention held in Philadelpia.
Where did the delegates meet''?
met in the summer of 1787 in philadelphia
What summer did delegates convened in philadelphia for the constitutional covention?
1787 i guess
In 1787 why did fifty five delegates meet in Philadelphia?
Executive branch
How many delegates attended the Philadelphia Convention in 1787?
The Constitutional (Federal) Convention which met in Philadelphia on May 25, 1787, was represented by 12 states which had selected a total of 55 delegates to attend the meeting. Most of the delegates were, by virtue of their wealth and education, very influential people in their home states. Only two, Alexander Hamilton and Roger Sherman, could be said to represent the self-made man in the United States at that time. MrV
