Question

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

Answer 1

To amend the Articles of Confederation because it was not working anymore

Answer 2

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was carried out between May 14 and September 17 to solve the problems of the United States government. The government operated under the agreements established in the Articles of the Confederation and the Perpetual Union approved by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, after several months of debate.

Although the idea of the Convention was only to review the Articles of the Confederation, the intention of many of its proponents was to create a new government.