Annapolis Convention of 1786

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interstate convention political conference

The Annapolis Convention of 1786 was a meeting of delegates from several U.S. states that convened to address trade and commerce problems under the Articles of Confederation, ultimately leading to the call for the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Annapolis Convention of 1786 canonical	2
Annapolis Convention report	1
Mount Vernon Conference	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	interstate convention ⓘ political conference ⓘ
calledBy	Alexander Hamilton ⓘ James Madison ⓘ Virginia General Assembly ⓘ surface form: Virginia legislature
chairperson	John Dickinson ⓘ
convenedBy	Virginia General Assembly ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1786-09-14 ⓘ
followedBy	Constitutional Convention ⓘ surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
hasPurpose	to address problems of trade and commerce among the states ⓘ to consider defects of the Articles of Confederation relating to commerce ⓘ
historicalSignificance	important step in the movement to replace the Articles of Confederation with the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
invitedState	all thirteen states ⓘ
issueAddressed	lack of federal power to regulate interstate commerce ⓘ need for uniform commercial regulations ⓘ trade barriers between states ⓘ
keyDelegate	Alexander Hamilton ⓘ Edmund Randolph ⓘ George Read ⓘ James Madison ⓘ John Dickinson ⓘ
legalBasis	Articles of Confederation ⓘ
location	Annapolis ⓘ surface form: Annapolis, Maryland Mann’s Tavern ⓘ
nonParticipatingState	Connecticut ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ New Hampshire ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ Rhode Island ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ Vermont ⓘ
numberOfDelegates	12 ⓘ
numberOfStatesRepresented	5 ⓘ
participantState	Delaware ⓘ Maryland ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey New York ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
precededBy	Mount Vernon Conference of 1785 ⓘ
producedDocument	Annapolis Convention of 1786 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Annapolis Convention report Hamilton-authored report to Congress and the states ⓘ
recommended	a convention of all the states to revise the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
recommendedDate	second Monday in May 1787 ⓘ
recommendedLocation	Philadelphia ⓘ
secretary	Abraham Clark ⓘ
significantOutcome	call for a subsequent convention in Philadelphia ⓘ recommendation for a broader constitutional convention ⓘ step toward the United States Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
startDate	1786-09-11 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Annapolis → hostedEvent → Annapolis Convention of 1786 ⓘ

George Mason → memberOf → Annapolis Convention of 1786 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Vernon Conference

Annapolis Convention of 1786 → producedDocument → Annapolis Convention of 1786 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Annapolis Convention report

Confederation period → notableEvent → Annapolis Convention of 1786 ⓘ