The initial purpose of the Constitutional Convention, also known as the Philadelphia Convention, was to address the inadequacies of the Articles of Confederation, the first governing document of the United States. The Founding Fathers recognized that the Articles of Confederation created a weak central government and lacked sufficient power to effectively govern the nation. The Convention was called in 1787 with the main goal of revising the Articles to strengthen the central government and provide a more stable and effective system of governance. However, it eventually led to the drafting and ratification of the United States Constitution, which established a new form of government to replace the Articles of Confederation.
