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title: "Why were the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention kept a secret?"  
description: "Why were the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention kept a secret?"  
author: "Howard fuller"  
published: 2018-05-22  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42877/why-were-the-proceedings-of-the-constitutional-convention-kept-a-secret  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why were the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention kept a secret? 

Why were the proceedings of 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) kept a [secret](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12267/the-secret-to-success-of-artificial-intelligence)?


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