The last two states to ratify the Constitution were North Carolina (November 21, 1789) and Rhode Island (May 29, 1790).
They were in effect considering both the Constitution andthe Bill of Rights, which had been proposed under the new Congress in September, 1789.
With the exception of Rhode Island, which refused to send delegates to the Convention, at least one delegate from each of the remaining twelve states signed the Constitution at the close of the Constitutional Convention.
Although William Blount, of North Carolina, was absent for most of the Convention, he signed the document to make "the unanimous act of the states in convention."
North Carolina (ratified on November 21, 1789) and Rhode Island (ratified on May 29, 1790) ratified the US Constitution after it went into effect on March 4, 1789.
At the Constitutional Convention, Jonathan Dayton supported the US Constitution. In fact, at the age of 26, he was the youngest delegate to sign it.
Daniel Carroll was present at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and is considered one of the Founding Fathers. He signed both the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, one of only five men to do so.
George Washington was making preprations for battle.
The Constitution was finished on September 12, 1787. Of the 55 delegates, 42 attended most of the meetings, and 39 delegates (and the attesting secretary) actually signed the Constitution. Edmund Randolph and George Mason of Virginia and Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts refused to sign, due in part to the lack of a bill of rights.(See the Related questions for the list of those who did and didn't sign.)
The 81-year-old Benjamin Franklin was literally and figuratively the elder statesman of the Constitutional Convention. He seldom engaged in debates, but rather acted as host, calmed passions, proposed compromises, and urged the delegates to "doubt a little of his own infallibility" and sign the final document.
One true statement about the Constitutional Convention, was that not all of the delegates were willing to sign the Constitution.
One true statement about the Constitutional Convention, was that not all of the delegates were willing to sign the Constitution.
not all of the delegates were willing to sign the constitution
Because he was President of the Constitutional Convention (1787).
At the Constitutional Convention, Jonathan Dayton supported the US Constitution. In fact, at the age of 26, he was the youngest delegate to sign it.
Because it did not include a Bill of Rights.
The delegates to the constitutional convention who represented the colonies they came from. There was John Hancock, Ben Franklin as part of the group. George Washington did not sign. He will an order in 1789 putting the constitution into effect.
39 delegates signed the Constitution, or 71% of the 55 delegates who attended the convention. Most of those who did not sign had left the convention early -- some for personal reasons, and some out of protest.
The Constitutional Convention formally opened on 25 May 1787. 39 of the 55 delegates to the Convention signed the finished copy of the Constitution of the United States on 17 Setember 1787. On 21 June 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution, making it the official form of government for the United States.
George Mason did not sign the Constitution because he opposed the document. He believed it gave too much power to the federal government at the expense of the states and lacked adequate protections for individual liberties. He was one of only three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution at the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
The US Constitutional Conventional was in session from May 25 to September 17, 1787. Washington was the President of the Convention and first to sign the new Constitution.
39 delegates signed the Constitution, or 71% of the 55 delegates who attended the convention. Most of those who did not sign had left the convention early -- some for personal reasons, and some out of protest.