1787 to 1788
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On September 28 Congress agreed to pass the Constitution on to the states, so each could debate it in separate ratifying conventions.
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The Convention approved the Constitution on September 17, 1787, and it was ratified on July 2, 1788 after nine states had approved it. American ...
The Constitution | The White House
Delaware was the first State to ratify, on December 7, 1787. After New Hampshire became the ninth State to ratify, on June 22, 1788, the Confederation Congress ...
The day the Constitution was ratified
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state ... 1787, to participate in the Convention. The initial purpose of the ...
Constitutional Convention and Ratification, 1787–1789
After the necessary number of state ratifications, the Constitution came into effect in 1789 and has served as the basis of the United States Government ever ...
Timeline of drafting and ratification of the United States Constitution
The drafting of the Constitution of the United States began on May 25, 1787, when the Constitutional Convention met for the first time with a quorum at the ...
Constitution of the United States—A History | National Archives
On Monday August 6, 1787, the convention accepted the first draft of the Constitution. ... By January 9, 1788, five states of the nine necessary for ...
The Federalist Papers: 1787-1788 - Ben's Guide
The Federalist Papers: 1787-1788. Shortly after the end of the Constitutional Convention, a national debate began about whether or not to ratify the ...
Adopting the Constitution, 1787-1788
Adopting the Constitution, 1787-1788 ... Adopting a new frame of government also required Americans to make a leap of faith. After a long war and many disputes, ...
History of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia
The document was written at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention and was ratified through a series of state conventions held in 1787 and 1788. Since 1789, the ...
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Alexander Hamilton drafted an address to the states, inviting them to a convention to be held in Philadelphia in 1787 ... 1787 to 1788 · To Form a More Perfect ...
Ratification of the US Constitution in New York, 1788
1787, and six states had already ratified it. So why was this late printing ... 1788, drew near, it was necessary to provide the general public with ...
States and Dates of Ratification - Ben's Guide
Delaware: December 7, 1787; Pennsylvania: December 12, 1787; New Jersey: December 18, 1787; Georgia: January 2, 1788; Connecticut: January 9, 1788 ...
Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States 1787-1788
A collection of anti-federalist pamphlets written between 1787-88 by Elbridge Gerry, Noah Webster, John Jay, Melancthon Smith, Pelatiah Werster, Tench Coxe, ...
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Ratification of the Constitution | George Washington's Mount Vernon
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954. Maier, Pauline. Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010.
American Newspapers during Ratification, 1787-1788
Newspapers played a crucial role in the Revolutionary war and continued to be prominent through the Ratification Period. Although the public debate at the ...
The Debate on the Constitution: Part One: September 1787 to ...
The Debate on the Constitution: Part One: September 1787 to February 1788. Federalist and Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle ...
1787: Senate Created -- September 17, 1787. ... On that day in 1788, the Pennsylvania legislature elected the nation's first two U.S. senators—Robert Morris ...
U.S. Constitution ratified | June 21, 1788 | HISTORY
Congress endorsed a plan to draft a new constitution, and on May 25, 1787, the Constitutional Convention convened at Independence Hall in ...