Constitutional Convention (1787)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Constitutional_Convention_(1787)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:adoptedBy	gptkb:United_States_Constitution gptkb:Great_Compromise gptkb:Three-Fifths_Compromise gptkb:Electoral_College gptkb:Separation_of_powers Checks and balances
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Philadelphia_Convention
gptkbp:debatedBy	slavery federalism executive power amendment process commerce regulation representation in Congress
gptkbp:documentation	September 17, 1787
gptkbp:endDate	September 17, 1787
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Constitutional Convention (1787)
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:John_Locke gptkb:Montesquieu Enlightenment ideas
gptkbp:keyPlanProposed	gptkb:New_Jersey_Plan gptkb:Virginia_Plan gptkb:Connecticut_Compromise gptkb:Hamilton_Plan
gptkbp:legacy	established federal government structure Bill of Rights added later inspired future constitutional conventions
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:notableAbsence	gptkb:John_Adams gptkb:John_Hancock gptkb:Samuel_Adams gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson gptkb:Patrick_Henry
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 the problems of the Articles of Confederation
gptkbp:ratificationRequired	9 of 13 states
gptkbp:resultedIn	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:Charles_Cotesworth_Pinckney gptkb:Nathaniel_Gorham
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5