5Ws of The Constitutional Convention
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who what when where why - Constitutional Convention 5 Ws
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- Who participated in the Constitutional Convention?
- What was the Constitutional Convention?
- When was the Constitutional Convention?
- We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
- Originally, fifty-five delegates were sent to Philadelphia to amend the Articles of Confederation. Over the course of the next two years, thousands of Americans debated and compromised in order to ratify the Constitution.
- The Constitutional Convention was an organization of delegates responsible for the creation of the new American government. The convention agreed that to avoid corruption, there needed to be a balance of powers. In order to balance the government's power, an executive branch was created to enforce the law, a legislative branch was created to create the laws, and a judicial branch was created to judge the fairness and Constitutionality of the laws.
- The Constitutional Convention began in Philadelphia in 1787 and would set forth a series of state conventions to debate the proposed laws and structure of government.
- Where did the Constitutional Convention take place?
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- Why did the Constitutional Convention take place?
- The Constitutional Convention began in Philadelphia in Independence Hall. Notable delegates to attend the convention were James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington.
- The Constitutional Convention took place in order to amend the current Articles of Confederation. The newly formed republic feared that without a stronger central government, the Union as they knew it could fail altogether. The Constitution aimed to created a stronger balance of power between the states and federal government while guaranteeing certain civil liberties.
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