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Bookmark or Share- Introduction to the Constitutional ConventionThe primary purpose of these declarations and bills was to outline the objectives of government: to secure the right to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness. The government that was chosen to secure these rights was declared universally to be “a republican form of government.”.
- Constitutional Convention - World History EncyclopediaIn the United States, the Constitutional Convention was held from May 25 to September 17 1787 to strengthen the federal government and create a new Constitution. The Constitution drafted at the convention remains in effect today.
- United States - Constitution, Framers, Ratification | BritannicaUnited States - Constitution, Framers, Ratification: The Philadelphia Convention, which met in May 1787, was officially called for by the old Congress solely to remedy defects in the Articles of Confederation.
- The Constitution: How Did it Happen? | National ArchivesThe Constitutional Convention assembled in Philadelphia in May of 1787. The delegates shuttered the windows of the State House and swore secrecy so they could speak freely. Although they had gathered to revise the Articles of Confederation, by mid-June they had decided to completely redesign the government.
- Constitutional Convention | History & Compromises | BritannicaConstitutional Convention, convention that drew up the U.S. Constitution. Stimulated by severe economic troubles, which produced radical political movements such as Shays’s Rebellion, the convention met in Philadelphia (May 25–September 17, 1787), ostensibly to amend the Articles of Confederation.
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