Benjamin Franklin Builds the Bridge at the Convention

1. What was the problem that made the delegates want to go home in the middle of July?

2. Why did Benjamin Franklin need to be carried to the Convention in a sedan chair?

3. What did Franklin say he had learned from living eighty-one years?

4. How did Franklin's speech help solve the arguments between the delegates?

5. What happened on September 17, 1787, after Franklin gave his speech?