He was serving as minister to France.
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Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams.
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Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson are actually examples of two prominent Founding Fathers who did not attend the Constitutional Convention. Patrick Henry, a staunch supporter of states' rights, declined to attend. Thomas Jefferson was in Europe at the time.
Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry. Also, Rhode Islands delegates did not attend.
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Thomas Jefferson did not do anything at the Constitutional convention because he did not attend it. He was serving as Ambassador to France at the time and was in Paris.
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Thomas Jefferson, away in Paris; Patrick Henry, who "smelt a rat".
Thomas Jefferson was not the president of the Philadelphia convention. George Washington was.
The original states, except Rhode Island, collectively appointed 70 individuals to the Constitutional Convention, but a number did not accept or could not attend. Those who did not attend included Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Samuel Adams and, John Hancock.