Trivia: Which state refused to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention?
Rhode Island
Texas
Virginia
New York
The correct answer is Rhode Island
So why is this answer correct? : Fearful of a central government becoming too powerful, the state of Rhode Island refused to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention. It was only later, in 1790 — largely due to statewide threats of secession from areas such as Providence, Newport, and Bristol — that Rhode Island held its own convention to successfully ratify the Constitution.