While the resolution calling the Convention specified that its purpose was to propose amendments to the Articles, through discussion and debate it became clear by mid-June that the Convention would propose a Constitution with a fundamentally new design.
Resolutionen, som indkaldte konventet, specificerede, at formålet var at foreslå tilføjelser til de eksisterende artikler, men gennem diskussioner og debat stod det i midten af juni klart, at i stedet for at lave tilføjelser til de eksisterende artikler ville konventet foreslå en ny forfatning.