Final answer:
Decisions made in a chapter must conform to its governing documents, similar to how historical conventions revised foundational laws like the Articles of Confederation, which is true according to Exercise 9.3.1.
Step-by-step explanation:
Each chapter decision being subject to review to ensure it conforms to the chapter's constitution and by-laws is indeed a process that can be compared to how constitutional conventions and early state constitutions operated during the Revolutionary Era. Decisions at a convention, such as the 1787 Constitutional Convention, were made to revise or create foundational laws such as the Articles of Confederation or state constitutions. For example, Exercise 9.3.1 mentions the Constitutional Convention's purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, which is a true statement. Moreover, in terms of the content of early state constitutions, Exercise 9.1.3 underlines that Pennsylvania did not adopt one of the most conservative constitutions of that era, which is false; Pennsylvania's constitution was quite progressive for its time. Lastly, local government operations, as mentioned in a statement about Dillon's Rule, suggest governments seldom have the unilateral freedom to make decisions; this principle is typically false as local governments are generally constrained by state laws.