Question

Why did Thomas Jefferson not attend the Constitutional Convention in 1787? He was against the formation of a new government. He was serving as minister to France. He was serving as minister to Great Britain. He was not asked to be a delegate.

Answer 1

The original states, except Rhode Island, collectively appointed 70 individuals to the Constitutional Convention, but a number did not accept or could not attend. ... In all, 55 delegates attended the Constitutional Convention sessions, but only 39 actually signed the Constitution.

Answer 2

Answer: He was serving as a minister in France

Step-by-step explanation:

Several prominent Founders were absent from the Constitutional Convention. Thomas Jefferson was in Paris, serving as the minister to France, from where he deemed the delegates as “an assembly of demigods”.

John Adams didn´t participate either, also because he was abroad, serving as minister to Great Britain.

Samuel Adams and John Hancock did not participate either, and Patrick Henry turned down the invitation claiming that he “smelt a rat in Philadelphia, tending toward the monarchy