They had tried the previous year in 1786, to assemble in Annapolis to deal with the same inadequacies of the Articles of Confederation. They tried to convene, but they failed because they failed to achieve a quorum. When they got back together in the late started to assemble in the late late spring of 1787, it was still ostensibly with the mindset of amending the Articles of Confederation. (11:44–11:50)
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Asserts that an attempt to amend the Articles of Confederation in 1786 failed due to lack of quorum.
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