MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
CREATING STATE CONSTITUTIONS AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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Detailed explanation-1: -Georgia elected six delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787. Only four went. And only two-Abraham Baldwin and William Few-signed the final document.
Detailed explanation-2: -While Georgia had other delegates to attend, it was Abraham Baldwin and William Few who stayed through all of the debate and signed the constitution.
Detailed explanation-3: -Button Gwinnett was one of the three Georgia delegates to the Second Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence.
Detailed explanation-4: -Georgia joined The United States on August 2, 1776, the same day that Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton signed the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.