The Constitution was written through the use of the following committees, which illustrates how to organize a large group of people in order to accomplish a good result:<ref>http://www.usconstitution.net/constcmte.html</ref> Rules Committee (to set rules for the convention), First Committee of Eleven (delegates) (to resolve the issue of equal representation in the Senate), Committee of Detail (to draft the Constitution on terms agreed to by the Convention), Second Committee of Eleven (to consider issues of uniform duties and fees), Third Committee of Eleven (to address "tabled" and unresolved issues), and Committee of Style and Arrangement (to revise the style and arrangement of the Constitution).
After all the compromises and hard work of the committees, most (but not all) of the delegates at the Convention agreed to the final version of the Constitution; 39 (out of the original 55) signed it on Sept. 17, 1787 (now honored annually as "Constitution Day"). The Constitution begins with a preamble its Preamble which shows that the People are in charge: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union ... do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Benjamin Franklin, upon leaving the Convention (which had been conducted in secrecy), was asked by a member of the public what kind of government he created. Franklin famously replied, "A Republic, if you can keep it." Franklin was right that it requires constant hard work by many citizens to preserve our wonderful system of government, which is by and for the People. The United States is not a democracy, but a constitutional republic.