Myth Busted! Virginia, Not Congress, Called for the Philadelphia Convention
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- Tenth Amendment Center
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- Fri 19 Jul 2024
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Most people seem to believe that the constitutional convention of 1787 was called for by Congress under the Articles of Confederation. Even the Library of Congress makes this claim. But it’s totally false. It was actually the Commonwealth of Virginia that initiated the call for the Philadelphia convention – and she was followed by a number of other states before congress ever shared their opinion in early 1787. Learn the truth – receipts included.
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Library of Congress – May 1787 the Beginning of the Constitutional Convention
Alexander Hamilton – Annapolis Convention Resolution (14 Sept 1786)
Natelson – Who Called the Constitutional Convention? The Commonwealth of Virginia
Virginia Act For Appointing Deputies To The 1787 Philadelphia Convention (23 Nov 1786)
New Jersey – Resolution Authorizing and Empowering the Delegates (24 Nov 1786)
Wiki: Constitution of the United States
Confederation Congress – Resolution in Support of Convention (21 Feb 1787)
Edmund Randolph – Philadelphia Convention (29 May 1787)
Hugh H. Brackenridge – Pittsburgh Gazette (27 Oct 1787)
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