The Constitutional Convention was established in 1787 to replace the Articles of Confederation with a national constitution for all states.
The Framers of the Constitution were delegates to the Constitutional Convention who took part in drafting the proposed U.S. Constitution.
At the Constitutional Convention, the Virginia, Pinckney, New Jersey, and Hamilton plans gave way to the Connecticut Compromise.
In the Constitutional Convention, the Virginia Plan favored large states while the New Jersey Plan favored small states.
During the Constitutional Convention, the most contentious disputes revolved around the composition of the Presidency and the Judiciary.
The report from the Committee on Detail at the Constitutional Convention constituted the first draft of the United States Constitution.