What questions were not resolved at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

Answer 1

1. What's for lunch?
2. Why is the air conditioning broken?
3. Who stole the hubcaps off my wagon?

Answer 2

The United States Constitution was created in 1787, four years after the United States secured its independence from Great Britain. The Constitution is the successor to the Articles of Confederation, passed in 1778, but its true forebears are the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights.

In May of 1774, the Virginia House of Burgesses, following a formal dissolution by then Virginia Governor Lord Dunmore, met informally to draft a letter, Concerning non-Importation and a General Convention, recommending "...that the Colony of Virginia will concur with the other Colonies in such Measures as shall be judged most effectual for the Preservation of the Common Rights and Liberty of British America".

In June 1774, the Virginia and Massachusetts assemblies independently proposed an intercolonial meeting of delegates from the several colonies to restore union and harmony between Great Britain and her American Colonies. Pursuant to these calls there met in Philadelphia in September of that year the first Continental Congress, composed of delegates from 12 colonies. On October 14, 1774, the assembly adopted what came to be known as the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress. In that instrument, addressed to his Majesty and to the people of Great Britain, there was embodied a statement of rights and principles, many of which were later to be incorporated in the Declaration of Independence and the Federal Constitution.

This Congress adjourned in October with a recommendation that another Congress be held in Philadelphia the following May. Before its successor met, the battle of Lexington had been fought. In Massachusetts the colonists had organized their own government in defiance of the royal governor and the Crown. Hence, by general necessity and by common consent, the second Continental Congress assumed control of the "Twelve United Colonies", soon to become the "Thirteen United Colonies" by the cooperation of Georgia. It became a de facto confederation; it called upon the other colonies to assist in the defense of Massachusetts; it issued bills of credit; it took steps to organize a military force, and appointed George Washington commander in chief of the Army. While the declaration of the causes and necessities of taking up arms of July 6, 1775,expressed a "wish" to see the union between Great Britain and the colonies "restored", sentiment for independence was growing. Finally, on May 15, 1776, Virginia instructed her delegates to the Continental Congress to have that body "declare the united colonies free and independent States.

Answer 3

Slavery (most thought it would die out), individual rights, what the states should handle vs. what the federal gov't should handle (we're still asking that one), the role of the Supreme Court, among some.

Answer 4

no idea i suck in history