The nation's founders, fifty-five men, met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 to write a new constitution and to form a new government. George Washington was elected chairman of the convention. The people at the convention were all elite members of society at the time. Edmund Randolph of Virginia presented a draft of a new constitution .The Virginia Plan proposed a two-house legislature. A lower-house directly elected by the people of the states based on …showed first 75 words of 530 total…

…showed last 75 words of 530 total…compromise was the establishment of the military. A need for this had been proven in earlier years. It was determined that the president would be the chief and congress would also have power over it. The writing of the Constitution of the United States was one that took quite a while to finalize and ratify. However, because of their determination to have a successful government, the Constitution still stands today, 225 years later. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** none