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- In September 1788, the Congress of the Confederation certified that eleven states had ratified the new Constitution, and chose dates for federal elections and the transition to the new constitution on March 4, 1789.
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2 days ago · The signing of the U.S. Constitution by 39 members of the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787; painting by Howard Chandler Christy. The Philadelphia Convention, which met in May 1787, was officially called for by the old Congress solely to remedy defects in the Articles of Confederation.
5 days ago · In September 1788, the Congress of the Confederation certified that eleven states had ratified the new Constitution, and chose dates for federal elections and the transition to the new constitution on March 4, 1789. The new government began on March 4, 1789, with eleven states assembled in New York City.
3 days ago · Confederate States of America, the government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860–61, following the election of Abraham Lincoln as U.S. president, prompting the American Civil War (1861–65). The Confederacy acted as a separate government until defeated in the spring of 1865.
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22 hours ago · The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. [3] It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally including seven articles, the Constitution delineates the frame of the federal government.
4 days ago · Published June 22, 2024 at 5:25 PM EDT. Listen • 7:13. ADRIAN FLORIDO, HOST: This week marks 236 years since the United States adopted its Constitution. On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it out of 13 at the time. The Constitution became the blueprint for our nation's government.
4 days ago · This week marks 236 years since the United States adopted its Constitution. On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it out of 13 at the time. The Constitution became the ...
1 day ago · The Constitution was written during the summer of 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by 55 delegates to a Constitutional Convention that was called ostensibly to amend the Articles of Confederation (1781–89), the country’s first written constitution.
