Question

What were the goals of the Constitutional Convention? Who was involved?

Answer 1

The goal was to replace the Articles of Confederation with something that gave the Federal Government enough power to be worth having, without giving it enough power to destroy state sovereignty or personal liberty.

There were 55 delegates, including George Washington , Ben Franklin , Alexander Hamilton , and James Madison of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were not there because they were serving the country abroad, but they sent letters encouraging the delegates.