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What did the delegates of the Constitutional Convention agreed that the Constitution should create?
The delegates finally agreed to this “Great Compromise,” which is also known as the Connecticut Compromise. The Constitution also created an executive branch and a judicial branch, which set up a system of checks and balances. Nationality requirements and ways to amend and ratify the Constitution were also addressed.
What delegates supported the Constitution?
The delegates ranged in age from Jonathan Dayton, aged 26, to Benjamin Franklin, aged 81, who was so infirm that he had to be carried to sessions in a sedan chair….Virginia
- John Blair.
- James Madison Jr.
- George Mason*
- James McClurg*
- Edmund J. Randolph*
- George Washington.
- George Wythe*
What did the delegates accept at the Constitutional Convention?
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention generally accepted the fact that the federal government should be authorized to, among other things, _____.
What was the number of states that participated in the Constitutional Convention?
Twelve of the 13 original states participated by sending delegates to the Constitutional Convention. The only state that did not participate was Rhode Island.
What was the principle of the Constitutional Convention?
They adopted the principle that the functions and powers of the national government – being new, general, and inclusive – had to be carefully defined and stated, while all other functions and powers were to be understood as belonging to the states.
Where was the final meeting of the Constitutional Convention?
Delegates met on 89 of the 116 days between May 25 and their final meeting on September 17, 1787. The meetings took place at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Twelve of the 13 original states participated by sending delegates to the Constitutional Convention.