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A constitutional convention is a gathering of delegates for the purpose of writing a new Constitution or revising an existing constitution. A '''general constitutional convention''' is called to create the first constitution of a political unit or to entirely replace an existing constitution. An '''unlimited constitutional convention''' is called to revise an existing constitution to the extent that it deems to be proper, whereas a ''limited constitutional convention'' is restricted to revising only the areas of the current constitution named in the convention's ''call'', the legal mandate establishing the convention. In the case of the Philadelphia Convention , delegates met for the "sole purpose of revising the Articles Of Confederation ." George Washington was elected president of this convention. Once the body convened, meeting and deliberations were conducted in secrecy with James Madison serving as recorder. It was rapidly decided that the body would ignore the limitations of its call and propose the replacement of the Articles with an entirely new basic instrument of government. Examples of constitutional conventions include the:
Constitutional conventions have also been used by subnational units of federal states — such as the individual State s of the United States — to create, replace, or revise Their Own Constitutions . The 21st Amendment to the US Constitution was also ratified not by the state legislatures, but by state level conventions, as described as an alternate method of ratification in Article V of the US Constitution. CURRENT DAY CONVENTIONS In recent years Constitutional Conventions have been held in both led by the United States and Britain . Furthermore, more than two centuries since the Convention at Philadelphia in 1787 have seen many state applications to Congress submitted by the Respective State Legislatures calling for the "Convention For Proposing Amendments," authorized by Article V of the U.S. Constitution. SEE ALSO
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