Lol and the US constitutional convention never gets called a coup, even though that is really effectively what it was. Madison and a few others wrote the whole thing without permission, got a couple big states to agree before the other delegates showed up (or weren't showing up, like Rhode Island did not want any changes to the articles of confederation so they didn't send any delegates) and was like "accept it or else" when they did.
Lol and the US constitutional convention never gets called a coup, even though that is really effectively what it was. Madison and a few others wrote the whole thing without permission, got a couple big states to agree before the other delegates showed up (or weren't showing up, like Rhode Island did not want any changes to the articles of confederation so they didn't send any delegates) and was like "accept it or else" when they did.
Huh I'm almost 30, took all the AP history courses in my American schooling, and just learned that for the first time today. Neat, thanks america
Yeah at best you can call it an "extra-legal" change of government.