Benjamin Franklin was a delegate for Pennsylvania for the constitutional convention, a convention that was called to fix the existing articles of confederation, but ended in creating an entirely new constitution. Benjamin Franklin played a very important role in the constitutional convention.
Benjamin Franklin was an inventor, philosopher, author, printer, and political activist. This founding father of our country was born in Massachusetts January 17th, 1706. He had eleven brothers and sisters as a child, and his father, Josiah Franklin, was a candle maker. At age 8 his father sent him to grammar school at South Grammar School, his father realized that they were to poor and could not pay the tuition, so he had to stop going to school. When he was 9 he was re entered in school at George Brownell’s English School, and finished after one year never to be enrolled in school again. Form that point on he was self taught. His father wanted him to become a tradesman although he was not interested. He later became his half brother James’s apprentice who was a printer. He loved poetry and writing, so he entered a series of essays into the newspaper under the pseudonym …show more content…
He would be considered very significant for all that he contribute to the convention and all that he did to help form the constitution. If Benjamin had not tried to persuade others to agree with the constitution America might have a completely different government. By keeping the convention calm in times of chaos and creation compromises he shows great significance, because we could have an entire different congress since the “Great Compromise”. Benjamin Franklin also wanted equality which is shown by him going against slavery, and agreeing with the small state plan even though he was the delegate for Pennsylvania, which was not considered to be a small
Benjamin Franklin was an inventor, philosopher, author, printer, and political activist. This founding father of our country was born in Massachusetts January 17th, 1706. He had eleven brothers and sisters as a child, and his father, Josiah Franklin, was a candle maker. At age 8 his father sent him to grammar school at South Grammar School, his father realized that they were to poor and could not pay the tuition, so he had to stop going to school. When he was 9 he was re entered in school at George Brownell’s English School, and finished after one year never to be enrolled in school again. Form that point on he was self taught. His father wanted him to become a tradesman although he was not interested. He later became his half brother James’s apprentice who was a printer. He loved poetry and writing, so he entered a series of essays into the newspaper under the pseudonym …show more content…
He would be considered very significant for all that he contribute to the convention and all that he did to help form the constitution. If Benjamin had not tried to persuade others to agree with the constitution America might have a completely different government. By keeping the convention calm in times of chaos and creation compromises he shows great significance, because we could have an entire different congress since the “Great Compromise”. Benjamin Franklin also wanted equality which is shown by him going against slavery, and agreeing with the small state plan even though he was the delegate for Pennsylvania, which was not considered to be a small