The Constitutional Convention?

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Who was involved

What/Why did it happen

When did it happen

Where did it happen

How was it important to the Revolutionary War and the foundations of American gov't

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The Philadelphia Convention (now also known as the Constitutional Convention, the Federal Convention, or the "Grand Convention at Philadelphia") took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain.

The purpose was to create a government that would govern the new nation after the Revolutionary War.

Although the Convention was purportedly intended only to revise the Articles of Confederation, the intention of many of its proponents, chief among them James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, was from the outset to create a new government rather than "fix" the existing one. The delegates elected George Washington to preside over the convention. The result of the Convention was the United States Constitution. The Convention is one of the central events in the history of the United States.

Before the Constitution was drafted, the thirteen colonies operated under the Articles of Confederation, created by the Second Continental Congress which eventually caused deep divides between the states that the national government could not resolve. On January 21, 1786, the Virginia Legislature, following James Madison's recommendation, invited all the states to discuss ways to reduce interstate conflicts in Annapolis, Maryland. At what came to be known as the Annapolis Convention, the few state delegates in attendance endorsed a motion that called for all states to meet in Philadelphia in May, 1787 to discuss ways to improve the Articles of Confederation in a "Grand Convention."

Fifty-five delegates from the 13 colonies (except Rhode Island who did not send any delegates) attended the Constitutional Convention, 39 signed the Constitutional. This included:

Richard Bassett

Gunning Bedford, Jr.

John Blair

William Blount

David Brearly

Jacob Broom

Pierce Butler

Daniel Carroll

George Clymer

Jonathan Dayton

John Dickinson

William Few

Thomas Fitzsimons

Benjamin Franklin

Nicholas Gilman

Nathaniel Gorham

Alexander Hamilton

Jared Ingersoll

Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer

William Samuel Johnson

Rufus King

John Langdon

William Livingston

James Madison

James McHenry

Thomas Mifflin

Gouverneur Morris

Robert Morris

William Paterson

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Charles Pinckney

George Read

John Rutledge

Roger Sherman

Richard Dobbs Spaight

George Washington (president of the Convention)

Hugh Williamson

James Wilson

William Jackson (Secretary)

Delegates who had left the Convention earlier and did not sign

William Richardson Davie

Oliver Ellsworth

William Houstoun

John Lansing, Jr.

Alexander Martin

Luther Martin

James McClurg

John Francis Mercer

William Pierce

Caleb Strong

George Wythe

Robert Yates

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Robert Yates Constitutional Convention

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