1787 Constitution Essay

Reading the 1787 Constitution, I found three interesting facts. The first the constitution was created to protect us against giving the government to much power and to protect the right of all people. The second if the president “disagrees with the content of a bill, he may also veto the legislation, although a two-third vote in congress can override his veto” (O’Connor). The third is in that the amendments to the constitution can be proposed in two ways. The second “a vote of two-thirds of the state legislatures specifically requesting congress to call a national convention to propose amendments” (O’connor) has never been used. Benjamin Franklin was born January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachussets. Benjamin Franklin was a founding father, inventor, writer, scientist, polymath, politician, freemason, and

Of all the founding fathers, he signed all three of the major documents that freed the colonies from British rule and established the United States as an Independent nation: The Declaration of independence, the Treaty of Paris, and the United States Constituion. In 1783, he, John Jay, and John Adams negotiated the treaty of Paris, which ended the War of Independence. In 1785 Franklin became the president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. Which he was appointed as the first postmaster general for the colonies as well as diplomat to France. He helped draft the declaration of independence and the U.S Constitution. He was the oldest delegate at age 81. Franklin’s final public act was signing a memorial to Congress recommending dissolution of the slavery system. Besides helping We the people and serving several roles in the government, Franklin was an inventor. He invented the Franklin oven, Bifocals, Armonica, Rocking chair, Flexible catheter, the American penny, and the lightning rod. Benjamin Franklin also discovered the Gulf Stream after his return trip across the Atlantic oven from London in 1775. He had a degree from Harvard, Yale,