USA CITIZENSHIP TEST
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Question
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New Jersey
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New York
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Rhode Island
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Virginia
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rhode Island was the only state not to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
Detailed explanation-2: -A convention of delegates from all the states except Rhode Island met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in May of 1787.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rhode Island boycotted the Constitutional Convention. America’s littlest state had a big independence streak. Rhode Island, distrustful of a powerful federal government, was the only one of the 13 original states to refuse to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
Detailed explanation-4: -The original states, except Rhode Island, collectively appointed 70 individuals to the Constitutional Convention, but a number did not accept or could not attend. Those who did not attend included Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Samuel Adams and, John Hancock.
Detailed explanation-5: -Rhode Island did not send any delegates to the Constitutional Convention.