Which of the thirteen original states was so opposed to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 that it refused to send a delegate, so the U.S. Constitution was written without its participation?
a. New York
b. Virginia
c. Pennsylvania
d. Rhode Island
e. California
ANS: D
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