Constitutional Convention

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The Constitutional Convention was the 1787 gathering of delegates in Philadelphia that drafted the United States Constitution, establishing the framework of the federal government.

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instanceOf constitutional convention
historical event
political conference
alsoKnownAs Federal Convention
Constitutional Convention
surface form: Grand Convention at Philadelphia

Constitutional Convention
surface form: Philadelphia Convention
compromisePlan Great Compromise
surface form: Connecticut Compromise
country United States of America
draftedDocument United States Constitution
endDate 1787-09-17
followedBy state ratifying conventions
hasMainSubject United States Constitution
historicalPeriod Early Republic of the United States
surface form: Early national period of the United States
keyDelegate Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
Edmund Randolph
Elbridge Gerry
George Mason
Gouverneur Morris
James Madison
James Wilson
Roger Sherman
locatedIn Independence Hall
Pennsylvania
location Philadelphia
numberOfDelegates 55
numberOfStatesRepresented 12
officialName Constitutional Convention self-link
partOf American Revolutionary era
surface form: Founding of the United States
president George Washington
proposedPlan New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
purpose to draft a new constitution for the United States
to revise the Articles of Confederation
result United States Constitution
creation of a stronger federal government
establishment of the framework of the federal government
secretary William Jackson
significantEvent Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
creation of the Electoral College
drafting of the Constitution’s seven articles
signingDate 1787-09-17
startDate 1787-05-25
stateNotRepresented Rhode Island
topic amendment process
federal judiciary
powers of the federal government
regulation of commerce
representation in Congress
slavery and representation
structure of the executive branch

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United States government createdBy Constitutional Convention
United States Constitution adoptedBy Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
Necessary and Proper Clause debatedAt Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
520 Chestnut Street associatedWithEvent Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
American South (colonial and early national periods) constitutionalIssue Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Three-Fifths Compromise
Framers of the United States Constitution significantEvent Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
Framers of the United States Constitution compromise Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Connecticut Compromise
Framers of the United States Constitution compromise Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Three-Fifths Compromise
Benjamin Franklin memberOf Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
United States constitutional history includesTopic Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
Articles of Confederation influenced Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
Constitutional Convention officialName Constitutional Convention self-link
Constitutional Convention alsoKnownAs Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Philadelphia Convention
Constitutional Convention alsoKnownAs Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Grand Convention at Philadelphia
Article VII draftedAt Constitutional Convention
subject surface form: Article VII of the United States Constitution
Article VII adoptedBy Constitutional Convention
subject surface form: Article VII of the United States Constitution
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
Roger Sherman participatedIn Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Philadelphia Convention of 1787
Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution draftedBy Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution draftedAt Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Philadelphia Convention
President of the United States as Commander in Chief of the militia of the several states when called into federal service historicalOrigin Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: United States Constitutional Convention of 1787
Commerce Compromise partOf Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: United States Constitutional Convention
Commerce Compromise partOf Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
James McHenry significantEvent Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of the United States
Committee on Style partOf Constitutional Convention
Committee on Style formedDuring Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: United States Constitutional Convention
William R. Davie participantIn Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
James Wilson memberOf Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
Charles Pinckney memberOf Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: United States Constitutional Convention
Charles Pinckney participatedIn Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention (1787)
John Rutledge memberOf Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
George Mason memberOf Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Philadelphia Constitutional Convention
Luther Martin participantIn Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
Elbridge Gerry participatedIn Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
William Paterson participantIn Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention (1787)
Extradition Clause originatedIn Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
Fugitive Slave Clause createdAtEvent Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
Guarantee of Republican Government draftedBy Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
Gouverneur Morris memberOf Constitutional Convention
Edmund Randolph participantIn Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
Oaths Clause draftedByBody Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
No Religious Test Clause draftedBy Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
Great Compromise partOf Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: United States Constitutional Convention
Three-Fifths Compromise formulatedAt Constitutional Convention
Virginia Plan proposedAt Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
Virginia Plan relatedToEvent Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Framing of the United States Constitution
New Jersey Plan presentedAt Constitutional Convention
Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution author Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
Federalist No. 40 mainSubject Constitutional Convention
Federalist No. 40 argues Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: the proposed Constitution was justified by necessity
Federalist No. 40 relatedTo Constitutional Convention
this entity surface form: United States Constitutional Convention of 1787