alterations and provisions therein

, as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the states, render the federal Constitution

adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union

.”

:

“

Resolved

⁠—That in the opinion of Congress it is expedient, that on the second Monday of May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several states, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose

of revising the articles of Confederation

, and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such