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1. Philadelphia, home to the Continental Congresses & host to the Constitutional Convention, also lived under the most radically democratic constitution of the era. Pennsylvania is No. 6 on our tour of state supreme laws of their lands. #50weeks50Consitutions
2. The first PA Constitutional Convention, which Ben Franklin presided over, created a constitution seeking to create a government for the ordinary people & to prevent the more aristocratic elements of society from interfering with the will of the “common man.” 
3. As part of this, it adopted a Declaration of Rights recognizing all men are born free & have inalienable rights not just to enjoy life, but defend it & not just to acquire property, but protect it. This was taken from George Mason’s recent work in VA.
