In 1787, delegates met in philadelphia. they came from all of the 13 states except a. new jersey. b. pennsylvania. c. rhode island. d. south carolina.

C. Rhode Island
- Rhode Island refused to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention because they were opposed to the revision of the Articles of Confederation. They believed that the national government ought to leave states' rights alone.

The second , larger puritan colony of massachusetts bay was conceived as a "city upon a hill". but it also struggled with internal turmoil like the salem witch trials and external conflicts like king philip's (metacom's) war.