Constitutional Convention
Founders' drafting summit
A Constitutional Convention is a formal assembly convened to draft or revise a constitution.
The term often refers specifically to the 1787 Philadelphia convention that produced the United States Constitution, replacing the Articles of Confederation.
More generally, any gathering of delegates empowered to establish or amend fundamental governing documents: Several states have called for a constitutional convention to propose amendments.
- We the PeopleOpening of the Constitution
- founding documentEstablishing text of origin
- amendmentChange to official text
- charterFounding organizational document
- quorumMinimum for valid proceedings
delegate · deliberation · consensus-building · statute · representative · voting · drafting · Great Compromise · three-fifths compromise · separation of powers · checks and balances · senator · congressman · bill of rights · revision · Federalist Papers · repeal · commissioner
Constitutional Conventionratification process
Method of formal approval
ratification · implementation · enactment · enforcement · judicial review
Constitutional Conventioncoup d'état
Violent government seizure
military coup · violent overthrow · revolution · insurrection · putsch
Constitutional Conventionmartial law
Armed forces governance
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