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Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776
The
Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776
(ratified September 28, 1776) was the state's first constitution following the
Declaration of Independence
, and has been described as the most democratic in America. It was drafted by
Robert Whitehill
,
Timothy Matlack
,
Dr. Thomas Young
,
George Bryan
,
James Cannon
, and
Benjamin Franklin
. Pennsylvania's innovative and highly democratic government structure, featuring a unicameral legislature and collective executive, may have influenced the later French Republic's formation under the
French Constitution of 1793
.
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