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Constitutional Convention
noun
- the convention in Philadelphia (1787) of representatives from each of the former Colonies, except Rhode Island, at which the Constitution of the United States was framed.
Constitutional Convention
- The gathering that drafted the Constitution of the United States in 1787; all states were invited to send delegates. The convention, meeting in Philadelphia , designed a government with separate legislative , executive , and judicial branches . It established Congress as a lawmaking body with two houses: each state is given two representatives in the Senate , whereas representation in the House of Representatives is based on population.
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