Which statement concerning the delegates to the Constitutional Convention is most accurate?
A) They were dominated by the great farmers from the mid-Atlantic and southern states.
B) They tended to be wealthy lawyers in their thirties and forties.
C) They were predominantly America's "elder statesmen," the generation that had shaped the nation's destiny since the 1750s.
D) They were mainly merchants, shippers, and businessmen with a solidly commercial, international outlook.
E) They represented a cross-section of American society in the 1780s.

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The delegates to the Constitutional Convention tended to be wealthy, well-educated lawyers, and many were indeed in their thirties and forties. This group was not representative of American society as a whole but rather of its elite, educated class.

Which Statement Concerning the Delegates to the Constitutional Convention Is