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The Secrecy rule said that the convention had to be held in secret and no outside sources could know what was being debated inside the convention. It helped delegates talk freely without the threat of media attention or possibly losing their political careers due to votes or subject matter they addressed.
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ViviThe rule of absolute secrecy at the constitutional convention was exactly what it sounds like: Nobody who was not one of the delegates at the convention couldn't know about the things that they were discussing until after final decisions were made.
This is important because they did not want to have regular citizens fighting over what they were saying. They wanted to have everyone calm, once there was a final outcome then America could debate all they wanted to. However, the did not want anyone debating about something that might not happen.
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Originally was to revise the rules for operating the US governmen but wrote a new set instead?
Constitutional Convention
Delegates at the constitutional convention wrote the set of government rules that is still used today true or false?
Most of the provisions written by the delegates at the Constitutional Convention of the United States are still used today. The way the president is elected has been modified.
In a constitutional government politicians or those who govern are?
In a constitutional government, politicians are bound to abide by the rules laid out in the constitution. Furthermore, they should not uphold or enact any law that violates the constitutional rules.
Why was the Constitutional Convention held?
To amend the Articles of Confederation
Why did leaders call for the constitution convention?
The Constitutional Convention was called to amend the Articles of Confederation, the rules for the United States' first independent government. But when the fifty-five delegates attempted to amend the plan, they realized the task was impossible. The delegates scrapped the Articles of Confederation and secretly began working to devise an entirely new framework for government, the US Constitution.
