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Constitutional Convention (United States)
Forfatningskonventet:31 (også kendt som Philadelphia-konventet,:31 forbundskonventet,:31 eller det store konvent i Philadelphia) fandt sted fra den 25. maj til den 17. september 1787 i det gamle Pennsylvania State House (senere kendt som Independence Hall, fordi uafhængighedserklæringen blev vedtaget der 11 år tidligere) i Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Selv om konventet havde til formål at revidere statsforbundet og det første regeringssystem under Forbundets artikler og den evige union, som først blev foreslået i 1776, vedtaget af den anden kontinentalkongres i 1778 og først endeligt enstemmigt ratificeret af de oprindelige tretten stater i 1781), var hensigten fra starten hos mange af dets fortalere, først og fremmest James Madison fra Virginia og Alexander Hamilton fra New York, at skabe en ny regering snarere end at rette op på den eksisterende. De delegerede valgte George Washington fra Virginia, tidligere øverstkommanderende general for den kontinentale hær i den sene amerikanske revolutionskrig (1775-1783), til at lede konventet. Konventet resulterede i oprettelsen af De Forenede Staters forfatning, hvilket placerer konventet blandt de mest betydningsfulde begivenheder i USA's historie og har en verdensomspændende historisk, politisk og social indflydelse.
Constitutional Convention (United States)
The Constitutional Convention:31 (also known as the Philadelphia Convention,:31 the Federal Convention,:31 or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia) took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in the old Pennsylvania State House (later known as Independence Hall because of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence there eleven years before) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although the Convention was intended to revise the league of states and first system of government under the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, which were first proposed in 1776, adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1778 and only finally unanimously ratified by the Original Thirteen States by 1781), the intention from the outset of many of its proponents, chief among them James Madison of Virginia and Alexander Hamilton of New York, was to create a new government rather than fix the existing one. The delegates elected George Washington of Virginia, former commanding general of the Continental Army in the late American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), to preside over the Convention. The result of the Convention was the creation of the Constitution of the United States, placing the Convention among the most significant events in the history of the United States and indeed of worldwide historical, political and social influence.
Constitutional Convention (United States)