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Constitutional Convention (United States)

📚 Overview The Constitutional Convention, formally known as the Philadelphia Convention, was a landmark political assembly held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between May 25 and September 17, 1787. The convention brought together delegates from twelve of the thirteen American states to address the weaknesses of the national government under the Articles of Confederation. Originally convened to […]

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Continental Congress

18th-century political history, American Revolution, Constitutional history, Former legislative bodies, Founding documents of the United States, Founding era of the United States / American Revolution, Articles of Confederation, confederation, constitutional development, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, early American government, founding era, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson

The Continental Congress was the governing assembly of the thirteen American colonies—and later the United States—during the American Revolution. Meeting between 1774 and 1789, it functioned as a provisional national government, coordinating resistance against Great Britain, directing the Revolutionary War, declaring independence, and establishing the first constitutional framework of the United States. It was not

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The United States Constitution

American Politics, Founding documents of the United States, Government, U.S. Constitutional Law, United States law / American government, Bill of Rights, constitutional amendments, constitutional law, Federal Government, federalism, Law, separation of powers, Supreme Court, U.S. Constitution, United States, United States Constitution

The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. Drafted in 1787 and ratified in 1788, it established the framework of the federal government, defined the separation of powers among its branches, and delineated the relationship between the federal government and the states. It remains the oldest written national constitution

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