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token of the esteem Ben Franklin is still held in dates back to his attempt to set up the workings of a new government.
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_cent...g_07-21-75.asp http://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/Articles Many were very reluctant to set up a very strong central government even though one was needed to conduct the Revolutionary War and the colonial armies often starved during the winter months because of the lack of a powerful central authority. Other great minds like Franklin's took a stab at setting up the proper
avenues for the new government. Of course, any
joker could say that Franklin and the other Founding Fathers had
bitten off way more than they could chew.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation
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George Washington had been one of the very first proponents of a strong federal government. The army had nearly disbanded on several occasions during the winters of the war because of the weaknesses of the Continental Congress. ... The delegates could not draft soldiers and had to send requests for regular troops and militia to the states. Congress had the right to order the production and purchase of provisions for the soldiers, but could not force anyone to supply them, and the army nearly starved in several winters of war.
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from above Wikipedia article on the Articles of Confederation.