Constitutional Convention

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Constitutional_Convention

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Federal_Convention gptkb:Grand_Convention_at_Philadelphia gptkb:Philadelphia_Convention
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:documentation	September 17, 1787
gptkbp:documentDrafted	gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:endDate	September 17, 1787
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Constitutional Convention
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation gptkb:British_constitutional_system gptkb:New_Jersey_Plan gptkb:Virginia_Plan gptkb:Connecticut_Compromise Enlightenment ideas
gptkbp:key	gptkb:Commerce_Compromise gptkb:Electoral_College_Compromise gptkb:Great_Compromise gptkb:Three-Fifths_Compromise
gptkbp:legacy	gptkb:legislative_body gptkb:Bill_of_Rights_(later_added) separation of powers creation of checks and balances establishment of federal government structure
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:notableAbsence	gptkb:John_Adams gptkb:John_Hancock gptkb:Samuel_Adams gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson gptkb:Patrick_Henry gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee gptkb:Rhode_Island_delegation
gptkbp:notableDelegate	gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin gptkb:James_Madison gptkb:Roger_Sherman gptkb:Charles_Pinckney gptkb:Gouverneur_Morris gptkb:John_Rutledge gptkb:Edmund_Randolph
gptkbp:numberOfDelegates	55
gptkbp:president	gptkb:George_Washington
gptkbp:purpose	to address problems in governing the United States under the Articles of Confederation
gptkbp:result	gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:secretaryGeneral	gptkb:William_Jackson
gptkbp:startDate	May 25, 1787
gptkbp:stateNotRepresented	gptkb:Rhode_Island
gptkbp:stateRepresented	12
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Constitution_of_the_United_States gptkb:Independence_Hall gptkb:Signing_of_the_U.S._Constitution gptkb:U.S._Constitution gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4