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Eric R
Lv 6
Eric R asked in Politics & GovernmentGovernment · 9 years ago

Who wrote the Constitution of the United States?

First to answer correctly gets the points.

Bonus: Why is the author not recognized as often as the other "founding fathers"?

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  • Molly
    Lv 4
    9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    A man named Gouverneur Morris of Pennsylvania was in charge of the committee to draft the final copy of the Constitution. Morris actually "wrote" the Constitution. The bonus answer is - A religion matter.

  • 9 years ago

    On July 24, a committee of five (John Rutledge (SC), Edmund Randolph (VA), Nathaniel Gorham (MA), Oliver Ellsworth (CT), and James Wilson (PA)) was elected to draft a detailed constitution. The Convention adjourned from July 26 to August 6 to await the report of this "Committee of Detail". Overall, the report of the committee conformed to the resolutions adopted by the Convention, adding some elements.

    This all began on February 21, 1787, the Articles Congress called a convention of state delegates at Philadelphia to propose a plan of government. Unlike earlier attempts, the convention was not meant for new laws or piecemeal alterations, but for the “sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation”. The convention was not limited to commerce; rather, it was intended to “render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union." The proposal might take effect when approved by Congress and the states.

    On the appointed day, May 14, only the Virginia and Pennsylvania delegations were present. A quorum of seven states met on May 25. Eventually twelve states were represented; 74 delegates were named, 55 attended and 39 signed. The delegates arrived with backgrounds in local and state government and Congress. They were judges and merchants, war veterans and revolutionary patriots, native-born and immigrant, establishment easterners and westward-looking adventurers. The participating delegates are honored as the Constitution’s “Framers”.

    Drafting the Constitution

    Signing the Constitution, 'unanimous' by delegation. Eleven states ratify to begin in 1789, unanimously 1790

    The Constitutional Convention began deliberations on May 25, 1787. The delegates were generally convinced that an effective central government with a wide range of enforceable powers must replace the weaker Congress established by the Articles of Confederation. The high quality of the delegates to the convention was remarkable. As Thomas Jefferson in Paris wrote to John Adams in London, "It really is an assembly of demigods."

  • 9 years ago

    Well, you're asking the question, therefore you put "Constitution of the United States" on this page.

    And since you weren't there - time or place - you can't be a founding father.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Abe Lincoln

    Source(s): :-)
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  • 9 years ago

    Silas Hunkerbicker III. He was the only one with a pen.

  • Chuck
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    jk rowling

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    i know the answer. but this is not a trivia site, chucky.

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