In the spring and summer of 1787, a contingent of esteemed state representatives met at the Pennsylvania State House to fine-tune the parameters of the shaky federal system established by the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first stab at a framework for government.

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I n the spring and summer of 1787, a contingent of esteemed state representatives met at the Pennsylvania State House to fine-tune the parameters of the shaky federal system established by the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first stab at a framework for government. Known as the Constitutional Convention, this meeting was perhaps the most momentous occasion in the short history of the United States following the end of the Revolutionary War.

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