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title: "Why did delegates gather in 1787 for the Constitutional Convention?"  
description: "Why did delegates gather in 1787 for the Constitutional Convention?"  
author: "Peterson arnold"  
published: 2018-05-14  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42387/why-did-delegates-gather-in-1787-for-the-constitutional-convention  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did delegates gather in 1787 for the Constitutional Convention?

Why did delegates gather in 1787 for the [Constitutional Convention](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41193/what-2-leaders-called-for-a-meeting-at-philadelphia-to-revise-the-articles-leading-to-the-constitutional-convention)?\
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