MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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Button Gwinnett and Lyman Hall
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William Few and Abraham Baldwin
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James Madison and Thomas Jefferson
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George Walton and Elijah Clarke
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1787 Baldwin served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. 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-2: -Only six men signed both the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution 11 years later: George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, George Read, Roger Sherman, and James Wilson.
Detailed explanation-3: -39 signed the United States Constitution. 6 signed both. Roger Sherman, George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, James Wilson, and George Read signed both the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1787.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The delegates included many of the leading figures of the period. Among them were George Washington, who was elected to preside, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, James Wilson, John Rutledge, Charles Pinckney, Oliver Ellsworth, and Gouverneur Morris.