HIST 2055 : HIST 2055 Test 2 Study Guide
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Part a, "since 1787, many american historians have argued that george washington and benjamin. Franklin played essential roles in making the constitutional convention a success, that is, in producing a document that the convention could adopt and send to the states for ratification. Washington and franklin hardly said a word at the convention and what they did say was of little consequence. " Agree or disagree with this statement and support your answer with evidence from the lectures and text: disagree. They said little, but were so well respected that the few things they said made a huge impact. They ended some of the long and petty arguments. They couldn"t agree on how large a congressional district would be. The number of people the representative would represent. Washington steps down to speak and said that 35,000 would be a fair number. That was the only motion he made and it ended the argument.
