One of the first decisions the delegates made together was to pick a leader between Washington and Franklin. The vote concluded with Washington as the president. Franklin was more of a resourceful consultant as he was not much of a speaker and his health was poor. He was still highly regarded by the delegates. This decision could be viewed as the first compromise the delegates made, showing their lack of self-interest and thereby proving Brands’ thesis that the delegates had acceptable morals. In this article, Brands’ includes several quotes about how Benjamin Franklin, though considerably older that his colleagues, valued people over profit. Franklin favored a unicameral legislature, meaning that instead of just one president, there would be one house of intelligent men working to keep the country in order. Unfortunately at that point, his ideas were considered figments of an aging man’s mind and were not truly considered. It seemed as though their convention was making very little progress until Alexander Hamilton reported an observation of Britain’s government and how it was very successful. He
One of the first decisions the delegates made together was to pick a leader between Washington and Franklin. The vote concluded with Washington as the president. Franklin was more of a resourceful consultant as he was not much of a speaker and his health was poor. He was still highly regarded by the delegates. This decision could be viewed as the first compromise the delegates made, showing their lack of self-interest and thereby proving Brands’ thesis that the delegates had acceptable morals. In this article, Brands’ includes several quotes about how Benjamin Franklin, though considerably older that his colleagues, valued people over profit. Franklin favored a unicameral legislature, meaning that instead of just one president, there would be one house of intelligent men working to keep the country in order. Unfortunately at that point, his ideas were considered figments of an aging man’s mind and were not truly considered. It seemed as though their convention was making very little progress until Alexander Hamilton reported an observation of Britain’s government and how it was very successful. He