Which 11 states were represented at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia?
Not all of the representatives present actually supported or signed the final draft of the Constitution of the United States. In fact, one of the things most commonly agreed upon at the Convention was that they would never really be able to agree on anything. At the behest of many of the Federalists of the day however, the Constitution was put to a vote and ultimately passed despite many objections most notably from people such as Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was away in France at the time of the writing and despite being friends with James Madison only reluctantly supported the Constitution with the agreement that a Bill of Rights should be included as well … and even this was not completed until his return from France.
