MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THE GREAT COMPROMISE
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Maryland
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Rhode Island
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Georgia
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Massachusetts
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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: -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-3: -Rhode Island did not send any delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
Detailed explanation-4: -In May of that year, delegates from 12 of the 13 States (Rhode Island sent no representatives) convened in Philadelphia to begin the work of redesigning government. The delegates to the Constitutional Convention quickly began work on drafting a new Constitution for the United States.
Detailed explanation-5: -On May 4, 1776, Rhode Island became the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III, and the last state to ratify the United States Constitution on May 29, 1790. Rhode Island did not adopt a state constitution until November 1842, which became effective in May 1843.