alleryStart learning →Where did the Federal Convention assemble in May 1787?
AIn the Philadelphia State House
BIn the New York City Hall
CIn the Annapolis State House
DIn the Boston town meeting hall
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. In the Philadelphia State House
1. The Annapolis conference of 1786 had called on every state to send representatives.
2. Elections followed in all the states but Rhode Island.
3. The delegates assembled as the Federal Convention in the Philadelphia State House in May 1787.
4. Washington was chosen presiding officer and Franklin, then 81, sat among them.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section THE FORMATION OF A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT_
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