... kept trying to separate America from France during the peace negotiations. hoping America would agree to conditions that would not include concessions to France. After Jay and Adams joined Franklin, they did agree to meet without France and reached a settlement within a month. The final treaty was signed on September 3, 1783.23 Franklin was 81 at the constitutional convention in 1787.24 He was the chairman for the proposal that was known as the great compromise ... a single chambered legislature, and an executive board and opposed the payment of salaries to executive officials. The fina...

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