Peers are people who are part of the same social group, so the term peer pressure means the influence that peers can have on each other.
The Constitutional convention took place in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787. Rhode Island, fearing that the Convention would work to its disadvantage, boycotted the Convention and, when the Constitution was put to the states, initially refused to ratify it.
Publisher. A+E Networks. On this day in 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention begin to assemble in Philadelphia to confront a daunting task: the peaceful overthrow of the new American government as defined by the Article of Confederation.etween Madisonâs initial call for the states to send delegates to Annapolis and the presentation of Madisonâs Virginia plan for a new government to the convention in Philadelphia, a fundamental shift in the aims of the convention process had taken place.