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Which of the Following Statements Accurately Describes the Background of the Delegates

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Which of the following statements accurately describes the background of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention?


A) The vast majority had risen from humble origins, much as Alexander Hamilton had.
B) Very few had attended college, even though college education was on the rise in America.
C) Nearly half owned slaves, and most had come from wealth or been born into propertied families.
D) Very few had engaged in politics prior to the Revolution, and most were skeptical of national authority.
E) Most had risen to prominence through their rejection of slavery and insistence on equality for all.

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