<span> face-to-face sessions among the Great Powers of </span>Austria<span>, </span>Britain<span>, </span>France<span>, </span>Russia<span>, and sometimes Prussia, with limited or no participation by other delegates.</span>
I believe that Massachusetts was farthest North.
In creating a new U.S. government, it was "A. The Virginia Plan" that proposed that the elected members of lower house would select the members of the upper house, since this would have favored the larger states.
Charters are written agreements between the colonies and the king of England or Parliament.