Constitutional Convention

The Constitutional Convention was the 1787 gathering in Philadelphia at which delegates from the American states drafted the U.S. Constitution, replacing the Articles of Confederation. It is referenced as a historical-political event attended by figures such as John Dickinson and marked by debates among Federalists and Republicans.

Claims that use this term

• [[01-Claims/When John Dickinson, delegate to both the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, described the advancement of nations, he (mistakenly) noted that the Portuguese arrival in India…|When John Dickinson, delegate to both the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, described the advancement of nations, he (mistakenly) noted that the Portuguese arrival in India disrupted the advent of Muslim power. This proved providential since “there [is] the least reason to question, that they would have strenuously employed the increase of wealth and power in their favourite design of reducing all Christendom to the same miserable slavery, with which by their oppressive superstition, so many celebrated parts of it, including the Birthplace of its religion, have already been overwhelmed.”]]
• Anti-Muslim animus united Federalists and Republicans at the Constitutional Convention.