History Bee Practice Test

The question is testing your knowledge of where the event that produced the framework for the U.S. Constitution took place. In the summer of 1787, delegates from most states gathered in Philadelphia to draft a new governing framework, moving beyond the weak national government created by the Articles of Confederation. They met at the Pennsylvania State House, which is today Independence Hall, in Philadelphia. The choice of Philadelphia reflects its role as a central, accessible hub for the founding era and the location where the convention convened to design a stronger national government. Other cities played important roles in early American history, but they did not host this convention. New York City hosted earlier government activities, Boston was a major colonial center, and Annapolis hosted an earlier attempt to amend the Articles, but the constitutional convention itself occurred in Philadelphia.