<P> The Annapolis Convention, formally titled as a Meeting of Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal Government, was a national political convention held September 11--14, 1786 at Mann's Tavern in Annapolis, Maryland, in which twelve delegates from five states--New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia--gathered to discuss and develop a consensus about reversing the protectionist trade barriers that each state had erected . At the time, under the Articles of Confederation, each state was largely independent from the others, and the national government had no authority to regulate trade between and among the states . New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and North Carolina had appointed commissioners who failed to arrive in Annapolis in time to attend the meeting, while Connecticut, Maryland, South Carolina, and Georgia had taken no action at all . </P> <P> The final report of the convention, adopted unanimously, was sent to the Congress of the Confederation and to the states . It sought support for a broader constitutional convention to be held the following May in Philadelphia . It expressed the hope that more states would be represented and that their delegates or deputies would be authorized to examine areas broader than simply commercial trade . </P>

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