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Q: Who decided that the sun on the presidential chair at the constitutional convention in 1787 was a rising sun rather than a setting sun?
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What was the setting of the Constitutional Convention?

the setting was in philadelphia in that one room


What Franklin saw on chair at the constitutional convention?

Oh, he saw a half sun carved on the back of Washington's chair. As he signed the constitution he remarked that he now knew that the sun wasn't a setting sun but a rising one.


Why did thomas Paine not attend the convention?

Thomas Paine's principle contribution to the Revolutionary War was his pamphlet, 'Common Sense, which is credited with inflaming the common man to demand liberty. Once liberty had been achieved, Paine was not interested in the tedious work of setting up a new government, and was abroad at the time of the Constitutional Convention.


What are some of the interesting stories that were told about the Founding Fathers?

Here's one. At the end of the Constitutional Convention Benjamin Franklin looked at a picture or mural on the wall of the sun breaking over the horizon and said that all the time they were they he had wondered if it was a rising or a setting sun.


Who discovered bodmas?

The BODMAS rule was not discovered: it was invented as a convention. The purpose in setting out the convention was so that calculations were carried out in the same way by different people and at different times.


What is the role of the judicial branch under the constitutional?

Setting disputes between people in different states ~APEX~


Who discovered bodmas rule?

The BODMAS rule was not discovered: it was invented as a convention. The purpose in setting out the convention was so that calculations were carried out in the same way by different people and at different times.


What setting is best for a diamonds?

'Best' is a judgement, and you are the judge. Setting a diamond is motivated by the quality of the diamond. Your jeweler can best answer this question once you've chosen the diamond and decided how it will be worn.


What are the name of people that deiced if someone is guilty or not?

In a formal or legal setting, guilt or innocence is decided by a jury or a judge.


Was George Washington the president of the constitutional convention?

Yes he was. He sat in the famous rising sun chair. The story goes that at the front of the room there was a special desk for the president of the convention, and behind the desk was a chair with a sun on it. Benjamin Franklin at the end of the convention said that he had often wondered whether the chair was a rising or setting sun, and that he now realized that it was a rising sun.


What was the rising sun chair and who sat in it?

George Washington sat in this chair while he presided over the Constitutional convention in Philadelphia in 1787. It was mentioned in James Madison's notes on the convention and can still be seen at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.yes


What created the house of representitives?

The House of Representatives was created during the constitutional congress when the fore fathers were setting up how they wanted the country to run.