Describe the delegates to the constitutional convention and the core ideas they shared

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Philip Harrell

1 May, 11:01

Describe the delegates to the constitutional convention and the core ideas they shared

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Rylee Williams · Answer 1

More educated, wealthy, and urban than most Americans. shared same core ideas: people were self-interested, distribution of wealth was principal source of political conflict, main object of gov't was protecting private property, and that power should be set against power to balance gov't.