(comparative more desolate, superlative most desolate) 1  Deserted and devoid of inhabitants. a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house. 2  Barren and lifeless. 3  Made unfit for habitation or use; laid waste; neglected; destroyed. desolate altars. 4  Dismal or dreary. 5  Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
In 1787, George Washington was persuaded to attend the Constitutional Convention and subsequently was unanimously elected its president.
Rhode Island Rhode Island did not send delegates to the Convention. (*) Did not sign the final draft of the U.S. Constitution. Randolph, Mason, and Gerry were the only three present in Philadelphia at the time who refused to sign.n September 1786, at the Annapolis Convention, delegates from five states called for a constitutional convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation.