It took a little over a year. The Constitution was approved on September 17, 1787, and was ratified by nine of the thirteen States on June 21, 1788. The Government under the US Constitution began on March 4, 1789.
The Constitution was ratified by the Constitutional Convention members in 1887.
September 17 1787
Each state held its own ratifying convention
It was initially the "Grand Convention" or "Philadelphia Convention", not the Constitutional Convention, as it had been called in 1787 ostensibly to amend the Articles of Confederation. But the result, nonetheless, was the new US Constitution.
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The convention made it so that each state would hold a convention to ratify the Constitution. This meant a series of compromises and ratifications which were heavily influenced by Benjamin Franklin.
It took a little over a year. The Constitution was approved on September 17, 1787, and was ratified by nine of the thirteen States on June 21, 1788. The Government under the US Constitution began on March 4, 1789.
Ratification
The Constitution was ratified by the Constitutional Convention members in 1887.
Approved in Convention at Indianapolis, February 10, 1851
The constitution was written and approved.
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed it on September 17, 1787 . the constitution was approved on march 16, 1836
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed it on September 17, 1787 . the constitution was approved on march 16, 1836
All amendments to the constitution must be approved at the end of a national convention assembled at the request of the legislatures.
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September 17 1787
VETOING i just took the test and its c. ratification