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.
On May 25, 1787, delegates representing every state except Rhode Island convened at Philadelphiaâs Pennsylvania State House for the Constitutional Convention.