The original purpose for the constitutional convention was to: a. discuss revising the articles of confederation b. determine which states should be part of the union c. elect a new president d. write a new constitution

The correct answer is A. Discuss revising the articles of confederation.

Constitutional convention is termed as gathering which has a reason of revising the existing constitution or writing a new constitution.

Those members who are wholly elected by convention of constitution are known as constituent assembly. There were constitutional conventions which are revised by the constitution of different countries. For example in United States we had Annapolis convention and Philadelphia convention.

In France we had national convention.

in february 1787, congress decided that a convention should be convened to revise the articles of confederation, the nation’s first constitution. in may, 55 delegates came to philadelphia, and the constitutional convention began. debates erupted over representation in congress, over slavery, and over the new executive branch. the debates continued through four hot and muggy months. but eventually the delegates reached compromises, and on september 17, they produced the u.s. constitution, replacing the articles with the governing document that has functioned effectively for more than 200 years.