Question

The Constitutional Convention was held because many delegates hoped to

select a new president for the United States.
punish banks for taking the land of poor farmers.
create a new system of government for the United States.
punish the farmers who had participated in Shays’s Rebellion.

Answer 1

create a new system of government for the United States.

Explanation: Delegates met in 1787 originally to revise the weak Articles of Confederation, but many wanted a stronger national government, so they wrote a new Constitution to replace the Articles.