The interests of the Founding Fathers heavily influenced the framing of the Constitution. Much like representatives today, each came to the convention prepared to defend their right to conflicting benefits.
Take this quiz to see which Founding Father you most align with. For more on the Founding Fathers and the history behind the Constitutional Convention, check out The Framers’ Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution by Michael J. Klarman.
Featured image credit: Washington at Constitutional Convention of 1787, signing of U.S. Constitution by Junius Brutus Stearns. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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Published on October 26, 2016 03:30