Constitution
1. Background. With dissatisfaction mounting against the Articles, Congress although reluctant to initiate any change, in 17787 issued a call for a convention at Philadelphia for the "sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation."2. Absentees. The delegates to the Philadelphia Convention were appointed by the state legislatures or governors. The convention thus included scarcely any representatives of over 90 percent of the country’s population: small farmers, city workers, and frontier dwellers. Also, several leaders of the Revolutionary period were absent: Patrick Henry, who opposed a strong central government, refused to attend, and John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were abroad as our ministers in London and Paris. 3. Delegates. The Philadelphia Convention consisted of 55 delegates from all the states except Rhode Island. They were mainly lawyers, large landowners, bankers, and merchants; they reflected pr
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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