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Additional Resources for you to Explore  The total number of
delegates at the Convention was 55, and 12 of the 13 states were
represented.  The number of delegates from each of those 12
states was not equal.  Research how each state decided whether
to attend, how individual delegates were chosen, and which
individual delegates were chosen.  http://www.archives.gov/exhib
its/charters/constitution_founding_fathers.html/  In what ways
did these delegates represent “the people,” and in what ways did
they not?  How did their life experiences prior to arriving at
the Convention shape them for what would occur there?  For those
among them that did not endorse the Constitution when the
Convention concluded, what were some of their reasons for
refusing to do so?   Review Thomas Jefferson’s criticisms of the
Constitution after its unveiling on Sept