MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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to enable the delegates to speak freely without fearing the consequences of what they said
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to allow delegates to create a new plan of government designed to benefit the nation’s elite
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to prevent opponents of the new plan of government from having enough time to block it
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to ensure that only educated, intelligent people had a say in designing the government
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Detailed explanation-1: -The delegates agree to keep the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention secret because they did not want to be subjected to any outside pressures or influences.
Detailed explanation-2: -To encourage delegates to make arguments without fear of recrimination and to discourage mob action in the city, those in attendance kept their deliberations secret during their lifetimes and did not inform the public of the resulting document until September 17, after most of the delegates had signed on to it.
Detailed explanation-3: -A convention of delegates from all the states except Rhode Island met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in May of 1787. Known as the Constitutional Convention, at this meeting it was decided that the best solution to the young country’s problems was to set aside the Articles of Confederation and write a new constitution.
Detailed explanation-4: -The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to strengthen the executive branch of government. The Articles of Confederation had limited the powers of the executive branch and assigned more power to the legislature.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Constitutional Convention took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed. Although the Convention had been officially called to revise the existing Articles of Confederation, many delegates had much bigger plans.