Grand Convention at Philadelphia

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

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Statements (86)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Constitutional_Convention
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:documentation	gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:documentDrafted	gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:documentRatified	gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:documentRatifiedDate	1788-06-21
gptkbp:documentSignedDate	1787-09-17
gptkbp:endDate	1787-09-17
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Grand Convention at Philadelphia
gptkbp:impact	foundation of U.S. federal government inspiration for other constitutions worldwide
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation gptkb:British_constitutional_system gptkb:New_Jersey_Plan gptkb:Virginia_Plan gptkb:Connecticut_Compromise Enlightenment ideas
gptkbp:legacy	gptkb:Great_Compromise gptkb:Three-Fifths_Compromise gptkb:Electoral_College_system checks and balances separation of powers creation of bicameral legislature establishment of federal government
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:Elbridge_Gerry gptkb:George_Washington gptkb:James_Madison gptkb:Roger_Sherman gptkb:William_Livingston gptkb:George_Wythe gptkb:Robert_Morris gptkb:Charles_Pinckney gptkb:William_Houston gptkb:Abraham_Baldwin gptkb:Daniel_Carroll gptkb:David_Brearley gptkb:George_Read gptkb:Gouverneur_Morris gptkb:Gunning_Bedford_Jr. gptkb:Hugh_Williamson gptkb:Jacob_Broom gptkb:James_Wilson gptkb:John_Blair gptkb:John_Dickinson gptkb:John_Rutledge gptkb:Jonathan_Dayton gptkb:Nicholas_Gilman gptkb:Pierce_Butler gptkb:Richard_Bassett gptkb:Richard_Dobbs_Spaight gptkb:Rufus_King gptkb:William_Blount gptkb:William_Few gptkb:William_Paterson gptkb:William_Samuel_Johnson gptkb:Alexander_Martin gptkb:Edmund_Randolph gptkb:George_Mason gptkb:John_Langdon gptkb:Luther_Martin gptkb:Nathaniel_Gorham gptkb:Oliver_Ellsworth gptkb:William_Jackson gptkb:James_McClurg gptkb:William_C._Houston gptkb:William_Richardson_Davie
gptkbp:numberOfDelegates	55
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Annapolis_Convention
gptkbp:president	gptkb:George_Washington
gptkbp:purpose	to revise the Articles of Confederation
gptkbp:result	gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:secretaryGeneral	gptkb:William_Jackson
gptkbp:startDate	1787-05-25
gptkbp:stateNotRepresented	gptkb:Rhode_Island
gptkbp:stateRepresented	12
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Constitutional_Convention
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5