September 17, 2026
In 1776, Benjamin Franklin helped draft the Declaration of
Independence and in 1787, he urged his colleagues at the
Constitutional Convention to rally behind the new plan of
government they had written, The framers of the new constitution
hoped it would fix the problems of the first attempt to create a
new nation, A "firm league of friendship," the Articles of
Confederation had given the federal government few duties, Within
a decade the nation seemed on the verge of tearing itself apart,
Leaders called for a reworking of the new government centered not
on the states but on the people of the nation represented by a
national government, The Constitution established a
representative democracy, a republic, with three branches of
government, the legislative branch - the Congress, the executive
branch - the president, and the judicial branch - the courts, The
Constitution declares that the laws made under the authority of
the United States shall be the supreme law of the land, Franklin
urged his colleagues to put their names to the Constitution, even
with any perceived faults, and that any of them who still had
objections “doubt a little of his infallibility - and to make
manifest our unanimity, put his name to this instrument," And on
September 17, 1787, they did.
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