The oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention was Benjamin Franklin, who was 81 years old at the time. While he played a crucial role in shaping the Constitution and advocating for compromise, he expressed concerns about certain aspects, particularly regarding the lack of a Bill of Rights. Franklin believed that explicit protections for individual liberties were necessary to safeguard against potential government overreach.
it was important because they they gave you allot of freedom. They had to ratify the constitution or they had to approve and vote on it.
The first is the states legislative body can approve the amendment. The other is the states consititutional convention delegates are authorized to approve the amendment. The full details can be found in Article Five.
A method formed to help ratify (approve) constitutional amendments.
During the 1787 United states constitutional convention
The Illinois Constitution can be amended either by Constitutional Convention (if 3/5 of the members in each House of the General Assembly agree to it, which voters can approve or disapprove) or by the General Assembly (if 3/5 of each house of the General Assembly approve the amendment, which is then submitted to the voters at the next general election).
If you mean state conventions, then no, the 18th amendment was passed by these conventions, enacted Prohibition. However, a national convention has never been convened to approve an amendment.
The writers of the U.S. Constitution realized that times and needs would change throughout the course of history. They wanted the document to be able to thoughtfully adapt to those changes.
The constitution was approved by the convention on September 15th 1787 by the constitutional convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It was actually written at the constitutional convention. The meeting was designed to amend the previous "constitution" know as the Articles of Confederation. As the new Constitution was a new set of laws, it had to have the approval of 9 out of the 13 states to be legal and attributed to said states, as stated in the Articles of Confederation. However, after the first 9 states approved it, they wanted to go for the others so that there wasn't a split in the country, specifically in NY which would have caused both a geographical split as well as a political on. To help convince NY to approve, a set of essay's known as The Federalist Papers were sent to the representatives to New York, written by John Jay, Madison and (I think) Jefferson.
it was important because they they gave you allot of freedom. They had to ratify the constitution or they had to approve and vote on it.
Constitutional Delegates approved the draft. The approved Constitution was then ratified by the states according to the accepted plan promulgated prior to the draft.
There are two specified mechanisms whereby an amendment to the U.S. Constitution can be proposed. The States can convene a constitutional convention or both houses of Congress can pass an amendment by supermajority and send it to the State legislatures for ratification.
In Illinois, the General Assembly has the authority to propose amendments to the state constitution. However, for an amendment to be adopted, it must be approved by a three-fifths majority vote in each chamber and then be approved by the majority of voters in a statewide referendum.