The original goal for the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was to __________.

The convention was called to address weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation, the nation’s first governing framework. Its original task was to revise or amend the Articles, so the correct choice is “amend the Articles of the Confederation.” Delegates ultimately went further and wrote a new Constitution, but that was not the convention’s original goal.

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