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constitutional convention  

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  • Held in the summer of 1787, the assembly of delegates from twelve of the thirteen states, which created the present plan of government of the United States. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the site of the Constitutional Convention. [Source: Student's Guide to Elections; Constitutional Convention]

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