Constitutional Convention (United States) - Wikipedia

The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787.[1] While the convention was initially intended to revise the league of states and the first system of federal government under the Articles of Confederation,[2] leading proponents of the Constitutional Convention, including James Madison of Virginia and Alexander Hamilton of New York, sought to create a new frame of government rather than revise the existing one. Delegates elected George Washington of Virginia, former commanding general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and a proponent of a stronger national government, to serve as president of the convention. The convention ultimately debated and ratified the Constitution of the United States, making the convention one of the most significant events in American history. The convention took place in Pennsylvania State House, later renamed Independence Hall, in Philadelphia. The convention was not referred to as a constitu

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