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.
4. Attendance was, shall we say, spotty. When the Constitutional Convention opened on May 14, 1787, only delegates from Pennsylvania and Virginia were present. It wasnât until May 25 that a quorum of seven states was achieved. Weatherâever the convenient excuseâwas blamed for the tardiness, but the convention was plagued throughout with attendance issues.