Philadelphia Convention

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gptkbp:adjournedOn 1787-09-17
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Constitutional_Convention
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1787-09-17
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Philadelphia Convention
gptkbp:legacy checks and balances
separation of powers
influence on constitutional law
creation of bicameral legislature
establishment of federal government
Bill of Rights debate
gptkbp:location gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:notableDelegate gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton
gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkb:Elbridge_Gerry
gptkb:James_Madison
gptkb:Roger_Sherman
gptkb:Robert_Morris
gptkb:Charles_Pinckney
gptkb:Gouverneur_Morris
gptkb:James_Wilson
gptkb:John_Rutledge
gptkb:William_Paterson
gptkb:Edmund_Randolph
gptkb:George_Mason
gptkb:Luther_Martin
gptkb:Oliver_Ellsworth
gptkbp:numberOfDelegates 55
gptkbp:president gptkb:George_Washington
gptkbp:producedDocument gptkb:Journals_of_the_Convention
gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Great_Compromise
gptkb:New_Jersey_Plan
gptkb:Three-Fifths_Compromise
gptkb:Virginia_Plan
gptkb:Connecticut_Compromise
gptkbp:purpose to revise the Articles of Confederation
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Ratification_of_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Federalist_Papers
gptkb:Annapolis_Convention
gptkb:Anti-Federalist_Papers
gptkbp:result gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:secretaryGeneral gptkb:William_Jackson
gptkbp:significantEvent signing of the United States Constitution
gptkbp:startDate 1787-05-25
gptkbp:stateNotRepresented gptkb:Rhode_Island
gptkbp:stateRepresented 12
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:City_of_Philadelphia
gptkb:Constitutional_Convention
gptkb:Constitutional_Convention_of_1787
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