What Happened in 1787 in Us History

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While they argued, a “Committee of Detail” started writing stuff down. They created the Executive Branch (one President, not a committee of kings). They created the Supreme Court.

They also wrote the Electoral College. Why? Because they didn’t trust “the mob” to vote directly for President. Also, they needed to balance power between big and small states. It’s clunky, but it’s there.

By September, they had a document. It was four pages long. It defined treason. It gave Congress the power to raise an army. It was a masterpiece—and a giant experiment.

The Signing (And the Drama)

On September 17, 1787, 39 delegates signed the Constitution. Ben Franklin, old and frail, was carried in. He famously said the sun on George Washington’s chair was “a rising, not a setting sun.”

George Washington Constitutional Convention

But three delegates refused to sign. Including Edmund Randolph and George Mason. They complained there was no Bill of Rights. “You’re giving the government too much power!” they shouted.

And you know what? They had a point. The Constitution as written had no protections for free speech, no right to a fair trial. That came later, in 1791.