The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to amend the Articles of Confederation. The delegates were not initially gathered to create a new constitution, but rather to make revisions and improvements to the existing Articles. However, they eventually decided to draft an entirely new constitution due to the widespread belief that the Articles of Confederation were too weak and ineffective in governing the newly formed United States. The Constitution that was ultimately developed during the convention replaced the Articles of Confederation as the foundational document of the nation.
It is important to note that the Bill of Rights was not initially part of the Constitution. It was added through a series of amendments after the Constitution's ratification in order to secure certain individual rights and freedoms.
The Constitutional Convention did not have the purpose of amending the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence.
What was the original purpose of the constitutional conventon
amend the articles of confederation
ameds the bill rights
amend the constitution
amend the declaration of independence
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