Mary Ann qualifies for a retirement benefit of $250 and a spouseâs benefit of $400. At her full retirement age, she will receive her own $250 retirement benefit, and we will add $150 from her spouseâs benefit, for a total of $400. Keep in mind that you may have options to increase your benefit amounts. For more information, see the FAQs on Claiming Changes, Deemed Filing, and Voluntary Suspense.
United States: The Constitutional Convention. The Philadelphia Convention, which met in May 1787, was officially called for by the old Congress solely to remedy defects in the Articles of Confederation.
The Continental Congress, also known as the Philadelphia Congress, was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies which became the governing body of the United States (USA) during the American Revolution. The Congress met from 1774 to 1789 in three incarnations. The first call for a convention was made over issues of the blockade and the Intolerable Acts penalizing the Province of Massachusetts, which in 1774 enabled Benjamin Franklin to convince the colonies to form a representative body.