Cecil rhodes was a. the british military leader who was responsible for a boom in naval expansion. b. the american politician who articulated the belief in manifest destiny. c. responsible for the philosophy that we know as social darwinism. d. the first leader of an independent canada. e. a leading british imperialist who founded a colony in africa. e

in february 1787, congress decided that a convention should be convened to revise the articles of confederation, the nation’s first constitution. in may, 55 delegates came to philadelphia, and the constitutional convention began. debates erupted over representation in congress, over slavery, and over the new executive branch. the debates continued through four hot and muggy months. but eventually the delegates reached compromises, and on september 17, they produced the u.s. constitution, replacing the articles with the governing document that has functioned effectively for more than 200 years.

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