▁correct ▁weak ness es ▁of ▁the ▁Articles ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁apparent ▁even ▁before ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution ary ▁War ▁had ▁been ▁successfully ▁concluded . ▁ ▁The ▁convention ▁took ▁place ▁from ▁May ▁ 1 4 ▁to ▁September ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 7 8 7 , ▁in ▁Philadelphia , ▁Pennsylvania . ▁Although ▁the ▁Convention ▁was ▁pur port edly ▁intended ▁only ▁to ▁rev ise ▁the ▁Articles , ▁the ▁intention ▁of ▁many ▁of ▁its ▁pro ponents , ▁chief ▁among ▁them ▁James ▁Mad ison ▁of ▁Virginia ▁and ▁Alexander ▁Hamilton ▁of ▁New ▁York , ▁was ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁new ▁government ▁rather ▁than ▁fix ▁the ▁existing ▁one . ▁The ▁convention ▁conven ed ▁in ▁the ▁Pennsylvania ▁State ▁House , ▁and ▁George ▁Washington ▁of ▁Virginia ▁was ▁un anim ously ▁elected ▁as ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁convention . ▁The ▁ 5 5 ▁deleg ates ▁who ▁draft ed ▁the ▁Constitution ▁are ▁among ▁the ▁men ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Found ing ▁F athers ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁nation . ▁Thomas ▁Jefferson , ▁who ▁was ▁Minister ▁to ▁France ▁during ▁the ▁convention , ▁character ized ▁the ▁deleg ates ▁as ▁an ▁assembly ▁of ▁" dem i - god s ." ▁Rh ode ▁Island ▁refused ▁to ▁send ▁deleg ates ▁to ▁the ▁convention . ▁ ▁On ▁September ▁ 1 2 , ▁George ▁Mason ▁of ▁Virginia ▁suggested ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁a ▁Bill ▁of ▁Rights ▁to ▁the ▁Constitution ▁mode led ▁on ▁previous ▁state ▁declarations , ▁and ▁El bridge ▁Ger ry ▁of ▁Massachusetts ▁made ▁it ▁a ▁formal ▁motion . ▁However , ▁after ▁only ▁a ▁brief ▁discussion ▁where ▁Roger ▁Sh erman ▁pointed ▁out ▁that ▁State ▁B