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The Fifty Five Delegates to the Constitutional ConventionThe colonists were familiar with deist thinking. But deism never gained a strong foothold in America. The first Great Awakening, the religious revival of the 1740s, was partially responsible for cutting short the spread of deism, In many states at the time of the Constitutional
Convention, confessed deists were not allowed to hold public office. Deism was
generally held in low esteem, as such laws indicate. Additionally, Deism as
practiced at the time of America's founding was far different from what we find in our country
today, and it certainly was not atheism. As but one example, Benjamin Franklin
as an eighty, he reminded his colleagues of the National Convention (in moving
unsuccessfully that there should be daily prayers before business) how in the
beginnings of the contest with Britain '' we had daily prayers in this room Do
we imagine we no longer need assistance? Thirty-nine of the delegates signed the Constitution, and sixteen were non-signing delegates.
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