United States Constitutional Convention

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

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Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Federal_Convention gptkb:Constitutional_Convention_of_1787 gptkb:Philadelphia_Convention
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:documentation	1787-09-17
gptkbp:documentDrafted	gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:endDate	1787-09-17
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:United_States_Bill_of_Rights
gptkbp:governingDocumentAfter	gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:governingDocumentBefore	gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	influenced future constitutional conventions worldwide creation of the United States Constitution foundation for the United States federal system establishment of the framework for the federal government of the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United States Constitutional Convention
gptkbp:key	gptkb:Commerce_and_Slave_Trade_Compromise gptkb:Great_Compromise gptkb:Three-Fifths_Compromise
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:mainLanguage	English
gptkbp:notableAbsence	gptkb:John_Adams 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:James_Wilson gptkb:John_Rutledge gptkb:William_Paterson gptkb:Edmund_Randolph
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gptkbp:numberOfDelegates	55
gptkbp:numberOfStatesRepresented	12
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Annapolis_Convention
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	1787-05-25
gptkbp:stateNotRepresented	gptkb:Rhode_Island
gptkbp:venue	gptkb:Pennsylvania_State_House
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:President_of_the_Constitutional_Convention gptkb:Oliver_Ellsworth
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5