Rhode Island's leaders did not want a national government interfering in its affairs and opposed the creation of a strong, central government.
A Rhode Island delegate quoted, "I will not have anything to do with revising the Articles of Confederation. They are fine as they are. Rhode Island won't be bossed about by its larger, more populous neighbors."
Rhode Island feared of Constitutional Convention's newly proposed system that would be detrimental to Rhode Island's economy.
there were 12 states that were represented in the constitutional convention
The Constitutional Convention, where the modern day Constitution for the United States was written.
Delegates wrote the United States Constitution (APEX)
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The constitutional convention helped lay the framework on which the United States of America was built. The convention was held in Philadelphia.
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John Adams was the United States' Ambassador to England during the Constitutional Convention
A majority vote by the states
the constitutional convention (the states)