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today on the daily dose the constitutional convention of 1787 ratified several months before britain's 1781 surrender at yorktown the articles of confederation provided a loose framework for federal authority but since the document gave congress no rule to demand money or troops from individual states by 1786 it became increasingly apparent that without a stronger document the young nation would soon splinter and fail in response on may 25th 1787 delegates representing every state except rhode island convened in philadelphia at what is now known as independence hall where virginia war hero george washington was quickly elected convention president over the next three months the delegates landed upon a brilliant federal system of checks and balances and when the delegates from smaller states divided over the issue of equal representation in congress the problem was resolved by the connecticut compromise which proposed a bicameral or dual legislature made up of the lower house or house o