what year did the delegates begin
Publisher. A+E Networks. On this day in 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention begin to assemble in Philadelphia to confront a daunting task: the peaceful overthrow of the new American government as defined by the Article of Confederation.etween Madisonâs initial call for the states to send delegates to Annapolis and the presentation of Madisonâs Virginia plan for a new government to the convention in Philadelphia, a fundamental shift in the aims of the convention process had taken place.