USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was called to revise the ailing Articles of Confederation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Led by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, the delegates at the Annapolis Convention issued a proposal for a new convention to revise the Articles of Confederation. On February 21, 1787, the Continental Congress called for a national convention to meet in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation.

Detailed explanation-3: -This was how the Providence Convention of 1776-77 was summoned. Who gets the credit for calling the most important convention of all-the gathering that drafted our U.S. Constitution? Writers most often claim that the Confederation Congress did, citing its resolution of February 21, 1787.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Constitutional Convention assembled in Philadelphia in May of 1787. The delegates shuttered the windows of the State House and swore secrecy so they could speak freely. Although they had gathered to revise the Articles of Confederation, by mid-June they had decided to completely redesign the government.

Detailed explanation-5: -At the Federal Convention of 1787, now known as the Constitutional Convention, the framers of the United States Constitution established in Article I the structure and powers of Congress.