MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NEW US GOVERNMENT
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It was a very open forum where everyone could listen
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Newspapers filed weekly reports that kept people aware of the debates
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The delegates would discuss each day’s proceedings with citizens at dinner
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The deliberations were kept secret from the public
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Detailed explanation-1: -The convention delegates agreed to protect themselves from the “licentious publications of their proceedings” by voting to keep those proceedings a complete secret from all.
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: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Debates erupted over representation in Congress, over slavery, and over the new executive branch.