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<p>Add biography.wiki cross-references</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:55, 25 March 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l45">Line 45:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 45:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In May 1787, delegates from twelve states (Rhode Island declined to participate) convened at Independence Hall for what became known as the Constitutional Convention. Meeting in the same Assembly Room where independence had been declared eleven years earlier, delegates debated throughout the hot summer of 1787 with the windows shut to maintain secrecy. After months of deliberation and compromise, the United States Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787, providing the framework for the nation&#039;s government that endures to this day.&lt;ref name=&quot;constitutional&quot;&gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.theconstitutional.com/blog/2016/03/15/independence-hall-history |title=Independence Hall History |publisher=The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia |access-date=December 22, 2025}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In May 1787, delegates from twelve states (Rhode Island declined to participate) convened at Independence Hall for what became known as the Constitutional Convention. Meeting in the same Assembly Room where independence had been declared eleven years earlier, delegates debated throughout the hot summer of 1787 with the windows shut to maintain secrecy. After months of deliberation and compromise, the United States Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787, providing the framework for the nation&#039;s government that endures to this day.&lt;ref name=&quot;constitutional&quot;&gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.theconstitutional.com/blog/2016/03/15/independence-hall-history |title=Independence Hall History |publisher=The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia |access-date=December 22, 2025}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>George Washington presided over the Convention from a chair featuring a carved half-sun on its back. [[Benjamin Franklin]], at 81 the oldest delegate present, reportedly remarked upon the Constitution's signing that he had often wondered during the debates whether the sun on Washington's chair was rising or setting. "Now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting Sun." This "rising sun chair" remains in the Assembly Room today.&lt;ref name="nps-history"/&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://biography.wiki/a/George_Washington </ins>George Washington<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </ins>presided over the Convention from a chair featuring a carved half-sun on its back. [[Benjamin Franklin]], at 81 the oldest delegate present, reportedly remarked upon the Constitution's signing that he had often wondered during the debates whether the sun on Washington's chair was rising or setting. "Now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting Sun." This "rising sun chair" remains in the Assembly Room today.&lt;ref name="nps-history"/&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Post-Colonial Era ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Post-Colonial Era ===</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Add biography.wiki cross-reference links</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:30, 25 March 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l37">Line 37:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 37:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Revolutionary Era ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Revolutionary Era ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Second Continental Congress began meeting in the State House in May 1775, following the outbreak of hostilities at Lexington and Concord. Within these walls, George Washington was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. On July 2, 1776, delegates in the east room on the first floor—now known as the Assembly Room—resolved to break from Great Britain, and on July 4, they approved the Declaration of Independence.&lt;ref name="unesco"&gt;{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/78/ |title=Independence Hall |publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |access-date=December 22, 2025}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Second Continental Congress began meeting in the State House in May 1775, following the outbreak of hostilities at Lexington and Concord. Within these walls, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://biography.wiki/g/George_Washington </ins>George Washington<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </ins>was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. On July 2, 1776, delegates in the east room on the first floor—now known as the Assembly Room—resolved to break from Great Britain, and on July 4, they approved the Declaration of Independence.&lt;ref name="unesco"&gt;{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/78/ |title=Independence Hall |publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |access-date=December 22, 2025}}&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The building witnessed the signing of the Articles of Confederation in 1781, establishing the first framework of American government. However, the limitations of the Articles soon became apparent, leading to calls for a stronger federal government.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The building witnessed the signing of the Articles of Confederation in 1781, establishing the first framework of American government. However, the limitations of the Articles soon became apparent, leading to calls for a stronger federal government.</div></td></tr> </table>

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