Philadelphia Convention

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The Philadelphia Convention, held in 1787, was the gathering of delegates that drafted and proposed the United States Constitution, replacing the Articles of Confederation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional convention ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
adjacentEvent ratification debates in the states ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitutional Convention ⓘ
Federal Convention ⓘ
chairPresidingOfficer George Washington ⓘ
compromiseReached Commerce Compromise ⓘ
Connecticut Compromise ⓘ
linked to: Great Compromise

Three-Fifths Compromise ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endDate 1787-09-17 ⓘ
followedBy First United States Congress ⓘ
governingBodyFormed federal government of the United States ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundation of the constitutional framework of the United States government ⓘ
influencedBy Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Enlightenment political philosophy ⓘ
introducedPlan Hamilton Plan ⓘ
New Jersey Plan ⓘ
Virginia Plan ⓘ
keyDelegate Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
Charles Pinckney ⓘ
Edmund Randolph ⓘ
Elbridge Gerry ⓘ
George Mason ⓘ
Gouverneur Morris ⓘ
James Madison ⓘ
James Wilson ⓘ
John Rutledge ⓘ
Oliver Ellsworth ⓘ
Roger Sherman ⓘ
locatedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
location Philadelphia ⓘ
mainVenue Independence Hall ⓘ
Pennsylvania State House ⓘ
notableNonSigner Edmund Randolph ⓘ
Elbridge Gerry ⓘ
George Mason ⓘ
numberOfDelegatesWhoAttended 55 ⓘ
numberOfDelegatesWhoSigned 39 ⓘ
numberOfStatesRepresented 12 ⓘ
oathOfSecrecy yes ⓘ
presidentOfConvention George Washington ⓘ
purpose to revise the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
ratificationProcessInitiated state ratifying conventions ⓘ
replaced Articles of Confederation ⓘ
result drafting of the United States Constitution ⓘ
secretary William Jackson ⓘ
significantDocumentProduced United States Constitution ⓘ
startDate 1787-05-25 ⓘ
stateNotRepresented Rhode Island ⓘ
tookPlaceInBuildingConstructedIn 1732 ⓘ
topicDebated independent judiciary ⓘ
powers of the federal government ⓘ
representation in Congress ⓘ
slavery and representation ⓘ
structure of the executive branch ⓘ

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Commerce Compromise → negotiatedAt → Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
Committee on Style → partOf → Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
Gouverneur Morris → participatedIn → Philadelphia Convention of 1787 ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia Convention
Edmund Randolph → memberOf → Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
American Revolutionary era → significantEvent → Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
Article II, Section 3 of the United States Constitution → historicalContext → Philadelphia Convention of 1787 ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia Convention
Article II Section 2 Clause 1 of the United States Constitution → historicalContext → Philadelphia Convention of 1787 ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia Convention
Committee of Detail → partOf → Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
Maryland Ratifying Convention → follows → Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
Confederation period → notableEvent → Philadelphia Convention of 1787 ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia Convention
Shays' Rebellion → relatedTo → Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
Paterson Plan → debatedAt → Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
John Blair Jr. → participantIn → Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
Founding of the United States → significantEvent → Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
Migration or Importation Clause → draftedDuring → Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
Gunning Bedford Jr. → participatedIn → Philadelphia Convention of 1787 ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia Convention
Federalist No. 40 → associatedWithEvent → Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
subject linked to: Federalist No. XL
Miracle at Philadelphia → mainSubject → Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
Gouverneur K. Morris → participantIn → Philadelphia Convention of 1787 ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia Convention
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States → argues → the Philadelphia Convention was dominated by men with substantial property holdings ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia Convention
John Francis Mercer → wasDelegateTo → Philadelphia Convention ⓘ