Question: Which statements about the Constitution and the rules for its adoption are correct? Multiple select question. State conventions, not legislatures, were called on to ratify the Constitution. In developing a completely new form of government, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention greatly exceeded the instructions given to them. State legislatures were upset with the delegates to the Constitutional Convention because they only made simple revisions to the Articles of Confederation. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention changed the rules to make ratification more likely.