Answer to Question #276171 in History for Marley

Question

  What is George Washington’s response to multiple requests that he attend the Constitutional Convention, and how does this change?

Answer 1

In presiding over the Constitutional Convention, he attempted to establish agreement, requiring full secrecy as the participants started about the contentious job of not merely rewriting the Articles of Confederation, but eliminating them altogether. In 1787, George Washington was convinced to join the Constitutional Convention and later was overwhelmingly chosen its president. The momentous consequence of the Convention was the writing of the United States Constitution. Howard Chandler Christy's version of the signing of the Constitution was painted in 1940. As the delegates debated Washington observed, while seated on a tall oak chair on an elevated platform in front. Wearing his former military uniform, Washington engaged little in the arguments, believing his duty as neutral, to preserve or restore order when debate grew too noisy.