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Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia: May 14, 1787

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Constitutional Compromises: Crash Course Government and Politics #5

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The Constitutional Convention of 1787 for Dummies

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Constitution Hall Pass: The 1787 Constitutional Convention

The Constitutional Convention took place in the old Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The intention from the outset of many of its proponents, chief among them James Madison of Virginia and Alexander Hamilton of New York, was to create a new government rather than fix the existing one.