2008 civics test · Question 65 of 100 · Colonial Period and Independence
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
In Chinese 制宪会议上发生了什么？
Official answers
- The Constitution was written.起草了宪法。
- The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.开国元勋们起草了宪法。
Any one of these answers is accepted unless the question asks for more than one.
Why this is the answer
In 1787, delegates from the states met in Philadelphia at the Constitutional Convention. They gathered to fix the weak Articles of Confederation but ended up writing a new plan of government: the Constitution. The delegates are often called the Founding Fathers.
Source: USCIS 100 Civics Questions (PDF)