Constitution / Philadelphia Convention

In 1789, delegates met in Philadelphia to discuss the Articles of Confederation, but ultimately result in a new Constitution, which created a strong central government. Important parties included the Virginia delegation and the New Jersey delegation, disagreements between which resulted in the Connecticut Compromise. Other parties included Hamilton’s Federalists and the Anti-Federalists (later the Democrat-Republicans), which eventually agreed upon a strong Constitution with a Bill of Rights protecting individual freedoms.

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