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Lesson 6: The Close of the Convention: Benjamin Franklin's Closing Speech and the Dissenters- Why was Benjamin Franklin such an important founder?
- Primary Source: Benjamin Franklin, Closing Speech at the Constitutional Convention
- Who were the dissenters at the Constitutional Convention?
- Info Brief: Meet the Dissenters
- Info Brief: George Mason and the Close of the Convention
- Primary Source: George Mason, "Objections to the Constitution of the Government formed by the Convention"
- Understand: The Close of the Convention
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Who were the dissenters at the Constitutional Convention?
Carol Berkin talks about the dissenters at the Constitutional Convention.
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