Why constitutional convention held

The Constitution was thus narrowly ratified in Massachusetts, followed by Maryland and South Carolina. On June 21, , New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the document, and it was subsequently agreed that government under the U. Constitution would begin on March 4, Constitution—the Bill of Rights—and sent them to the states for ratification.

Ten of these amendments were ratified in In November , North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U. Rhode Island, which opposed federal control of currency and was critical of compromise on the issue of slavery, resisted ratifying the Constitution until the U. On May 29, , Rhode Island voted by two votes to ratify the document, and the last of the original 13 colonies joined the United States. Today the U. Constitution is the oldest written national constitution in operation in the world.

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The United States U. Constitution was adopted on September 17, with 39 signatures before being distributed to the States for ratification. Other than Gorham, the committee members had all been respected lawyers, and would go on to become leading legal figures in the new government Randolph would be the first attorney general, while Rutledge, Ellsworth and Wilson would become Supreme Court justices.

Supreme Court Nicknamed "Dictator John" "By doing good with his money, a man, as it were, stamps the image of God upon it, and makes it pass, current for the merchandise of heaven. Edmund Randolph August 10, - September 12, First United States Attorney General Second Secretary of State "The general object was to produce a cure for the evils under which the United States labored; that in tracing these evils to their origins, every man had found it in the turbulence and follies of democracy.

Oliver Ellsworth April 29, - November 26, Senator of Connecticut Third Chief Justice of the United States "The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution.

It is possible there may be abuses and misapplications; still, it is better to hazard something than to hazard at all. Supreme Court "Government, in my humble opinion, should be formed to secure and to enlarge the exercise of the natural rights of its members; and every government, which has not this in view, as its principal object, is not a government of the legitimate kind.

Nathaniel Gorham May 27, - June 11, 14th President of the United States under the Articles of Confederation Helped draft the Massachusetts Constitution "Any person chosen governor, or lieutenant-governor, counsellor, senator, or representative, and accepting the trust, shall before he proceed to execute the duties of his place or office, take, make and subscribe the following declaration, viz.

The United States Constitution was drafted by the Committee of Detail, who used bits and pieces from original Virginia Plan, the decisions of the Constitutional Convention on modifications to that plan, along with other sources including the Articles of Confederation, to produce the first full draft. From August 6 to September 10, the report of the Committee of Detail was discussed, section-bysection, and clause-by-clause.

The most famous copies of this early draft are the ones annotated by President George Washington. This draft of the Constitution displays Washington's handwritten notes in pencil, recording the Convention's handling of each proposed clause. Once this phase of the Convention had ended, on September 10, a Committee of Style was appointed to "polish up the document.

This article was originally published in Farrand, Max, ed. The Records of the Federal Convention of New Haven, Conn. Goldwin, Robert A. Washington, D. The Federalist Papers, edited by Clinton Rossiter. New York: New American Library, Vile, John R. Santa Barbara, Calif. John R. Constitutional Convention of [electronic resource]. Other articles in Events. Want to support the Free Speech Center? Donate Now.