Imagine what it must have been like two hundred and twenty-eight years ago when 55[1. no more than 46 delegates attended the Convention at one time.] men attended the Constitutional Convention at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia. As United States citizens, we already know what it is like today in Washington, D.C. when Congress meets and debate issues. It was not any different when the delegates from twelve[2. Rhode Island did not send a delegate.] colonies met in May 1787. The outcome of that Convention is what makes us the best country in the world.