May 21
The new United States government “can only end in Despotism, as other Forms have done before it, when the People shall become so corrupted as to need Despotic Government, being incapable of any other.” --Benjamin Franklin, closing argument at Continental Convention NOTE: The Continental Convention, more commonly known as the Constitutional Convention, took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787, to address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and to create a new framework for the U.S. government. The convention resulted in the drafting of the United States Constitution, establishing a stronger federal government with a system of checks and balances.
