thomas paine was unable to attend the constitutional convention because he was serving as american minister to france.
thomas paine was unable to attend the constitutional convention because he was serving as american minister to france.
unable to attend the constitutional convention because he was serving as american minister to france?
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several prominent founders are notable for "not" participating in the constitutional convention. thomas jefferson was abroad, serving as the minister to france. john adams was in britain, serving as minister to that country, but he wrote home to encourage the delegates. patrick henry refused to participate because he "smelt a rat in philadelphia, tending toward the monarchy." also absent were john hancock and samuel adams. many of the states' older and more experienced leaders may have simply been too busy with the local affairs of their states to attend the convention, which had originally been planned to strengthen the existing articles of confederation, not to write a constitution for a completely new national government.
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bullet::::- constitutional convention (united states), wrote the current u. s. constitution in 1787
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