Question

Why did neither John Adams nor Thomas Jefferson take part in the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

• A. Neither was willing to approve of a design for government that had no bill of rights.
• B. Both had died by the time the Convention was called
• C. Both were representing the United States on diplomatic missions in Europe.
• D. Both stayed away to protest the excision from the Declaration of Independence of the passage criticizing slavery as a "cruel war against human nature."
• E. Neither was nominated to attend the Convention by the people of his state.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Both were representing the United States on diplomatic missions in Europe.

Jefferson and Adams represented the United States in France and England respectively.