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fifty-five guys in wigs argued all summer and accidentally invented a country.
means the group of american revolutionary leaders who wrote the founding documents and built the united states government from scratch.
from the phrase was coined by warren g. harding in a 1916 speech, decades after the men themselves were dead, which means they never called themselves that.
average agedelegates at the convention averaged 42 years old
didnt signthree delegates refused to sign the constitution at all
actual attendanceonly 39 of 55 delegates signed on the final day
no washington votewashington rarely spoke, mostly presided in silence
for instance
benjamin franklin — 84 years old, carried into the convention on a sedan chair
alexander hamilton — barely spoke for months, then wrote most of the federalist papers
gouverneur morris — wrote the constitutions actual wording, the we the people part
james madison — took secret notes, kept them sealed until his death in 1836