The+Convention

=**The Constitutional Convention**=

__ Location __

 * Pennsylvania State House
 * Also known as Independence Hall

__ Surroundings __

 * Windows of Pennsylvania State House were mostly closed for privacy.
 * It was held during the hot summer.
 * The delegates were uncomfortable due to the hot summer.

__ When __

 * May 25th, 1787

__ People who attended __

 * Main Leaders
 * Alexander Hamilton of New York, James Madison of Virginia, and the oldest delegate at the age of 81 was Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania.
 * Other Leaders
 * Roger Sherman, Gouverneur Morris, James Wilson, Elbridge Gerry, William Paterson, John Dickinson, Charles Pinckney, Edmund Randolph, and George Mason.
 * They were all wealthy, white males and over half of them were lawyers.
 * President of convention
 * George Washington[[image:GW1782.jpg width="231" height="358" align="right" caption="George Washington"]]

__ People that did not attend __

 * Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock
 * John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were away in Europe serving as diplomats.

__ Delegates __

 * Only the delegates from Pennsylvania and Virginia made it to the convention on time.
 * There were 29 delegates that arrived on May 25th, 1787.
 * The rest continued to arrived throught the following weeks and months.
 * They helped write their state constitution.
 * Seven of the delegates had been state governors.
 * Twenty-one delegates fought in the American Revolution.
 * Eight delegates signed the Declaration of Independence.
 * Thomas Jefferson said it was "an assembly of demi-gods".
 * The state of Rhode Island did not send any delegates to the convention.
 * There were 39 delegates that signed the constitution.

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