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By whose power was the constitution written?
At the time of the writing of the Constitution, there was no formal legal power behind it. Representatives from each of the individual states met to discuss improvements to the Articles of Confederation and ultimately produced a new document, which individual states later chose to ratify.
In 1787 what building did the representatives of American states meet to write the US Constitution?
The constitution of the United states was signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was signed in Virginia by 52 people. The founding fathers signed the Constitution in Philadelphia. It was signed in the white house
Representatives of Parliament initially met who?
as separate groups
What was the original number of representatives in the house?
There is 435 representatives in the house.
What is the conflict between large states and small states?
how did did the American revilotion start
When the representatives of the American states met in Philadelphia in 1787 what did they write?
The US Constitution.
By whose power was the constitution written?
At the time of the writing of the Constitution, there was no formal legal power behind it. Representatives from each of the individual states met to discuss improvements to the Articles of Confederation and ultimately produced a new document, which individual states later chose to ratify.
In 1787 what building did the representatives of American states meet to write the US Constitution?
The constitution of the United states was signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was signed in Virginia by 52 people. The founding fathers signed the Constitution in Philadelphia. It was signed in the white house
When did they write the Constitution?
The convention met from May 1787 to September.
Who worte the constitution?
55 men who came from the 13 colonies and they met from May to Sept. to write the constitution. It was a group effort.
In 1787 55 delegates met in Philadelphia and created which document of American government?
The United States Constitution.
In 1787 represetnatives of the US States met in Philadelphia and wrote?
The US Constitution.
Why did the representatives of the states meet in Philadelphia in 1787?
They met in Philadelphia because they wanted to revise the weakened Articles of Confederation. Instead they ended up re-writing the Constitution.
In the summer of 1787 representatives of 12 states met in?
In 1787, the delegates gathered at the Constitutional Convention to vote on and ratify a constitution for the United States. Previously, the county had continued to operate under the Articles of Confederation, but recent problems determining jurisdiction of the states versus the federal government had come up, requiring action.
When representatives met in Philadelphia in May of 1787 they were to revise what document?
It was NOT the Declaration of Independence they met to revise, but the Articles of Confederation. They were supposed to modify the Confederation; instead they came up with an entirely new government, described in the Constitution.
Why did representatives meet in Philadelphia to draft constitution?
The room in Independence Hall (formerly the State House) in Philadelphia. where debates over the proposed Constitution took place (photo by Doug Linder) On May 25, 1787, a week later than scheduled, delegates from the various states met in the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia.
In what year did the representatives meet to write the articles of confederation?
In May of 1787, the Founding Fathers gathered in Philadelphia. They met there to write a new Constitution in the Pennsylvania State House, the same building where the Declaration of Independence had been signed eleven years earlier. The building is now known as Independence Hall.
