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Question 65: What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

Q: What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

The Constitution was written.; The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.

Accepted answers

•The Constitution was written.
•The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.

Why this matters

The Constitution was written at the Constitutional Convention. It happened in Philadelphia in 1787. The leaders of America met to create the rules for the new government.

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