The Annapolis Convention<span>, or the </span>Meeting of Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal Government,<span> was a </span>national <span>political convention spanning from September 11 to 14, 1786 at Mann's Tavern in </span>Annapolis, Maryland<span>, where twelve delegates from five </span>states, specifically New Jersey<span>, </span>New York<span>, </span>Pennsylvania<span>, </span>Delaware<span>, and </span>Virginia, <span>got together to talk about and come up with a consensus about reversing the protectionist trade barriers that each state had created. </span>
It <span>was a national political </span>convention, held in September 1786 at <span>Mann's Tavern in </span>Annapolis, Maryland, in which twelve delegates from five states <span>gathered to discuss and develop a consensus about reversing the protectionist trade barriers that each state had erected