Date | Event | |
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September 11, 1786 | Annapolis Convention begins | |
October 11, 1786 | Congress of the Confederation creates committee to review report of the Annapolis Convention | |
November 23, 1786 | Election of delegates to Philadelphia Convention is authorized – Virginia | |
November 23, 1786 | Election of delegates to Philadelphia Convention – New Jersey | |
December 4, 1786 | Election of delegates to Philadelphia Convention – Virginia | |
December 30, 1786 | Election of delegates to Philadelphia Convention – Pennsylvania | |
January 6, 1787 | Election of delegates to Philadelphia Convention – North Carolina | |
January 17, 1787 | Election of delegates to Philadelphia Convention – New Hampshire | |
February 3, 1787 | Election of delegates to Philadelphia Convention – Delaware | |
February 10, 1787 | Election of delegates to Philadelphia Convention – Georgia | |
February 21, 1787 | Congress resolves in favor of a constitutional convention | |
February 26,1787 | Election of delegates to Philadelphia Convention is authorized – Massachusetts | |
February 28, 1787 | Election of delegates to Philadelphia Convention is authorized – New York | |
March 3, 1787 | Election of delegates to Philadelphia Convention – Massachusetts | |
March 6, 1787 | Election of delegates to Philadelphia Convention – New York | |
March 8, 1787 | Election of delegates to Philadelphia Convention – South Carolina | |
March 14, 1787 | Rhode Island declines to elect delegates to Philadelphia Convention | |
April 23, 1787 | Election of delegates to Philadelphia Convention – Maryland | |
May 5,2012 | Rhode Island declines to elect delegates to Philadelphia Convention (2nd time) | |
May 14, 1787 | First meeting of Philadelphia Convention – no quorum present | |
May 14, 1787 | Election of delegates to Philadelphia Convention – Connecticut | |
May 25, 1787 | Convention meets with quorum for first time | |
May 29, 1787 | Virginia Plan presented to Convention by Edmund Randolph[1] | |
June 11, 1787 | Connecticut Compromise proposed to Convention by Roger Sherman[2] | |
June 15, 1787 | New Jersey Plan presented to Convention by William Paterson[3] | |
June 16, 1787 | Rhode Island declines to elect delegates to Philadelphia Convention (3rd time) | |
June 23, 1787 | Convention establishes the Committee of Detail chaired by John Rutledge[4] | The Committee of Detail was formed to put down a draft text reflecting the agreements made by the Convention up to that point. |
September 8, 1787 | Convention establishes the Committee of Style chaired by William Samuel Johnson[5] | The Committee of Style was formed to set down and revise the actual text of the Constitution |
September 17, 1787 | Proposed Constitution signed; Convention adjourns indefinitely | |
September 20, 1787 | The proposed Constitution is read in Congress of the Confederation | |
September 26, 1787 | Congress takes up debate on the proposed Constitution | |
September 28, 1787 | Congress of the Confederation refers the proposed Constitution to the states | |
September 28, 1787 | State convention for ratification called – Pennsylvania | |
October 17, 1787 | State convention for ratification called – Connecticut | |
October 25, 1787 | State convention for ratification called – Massachusetts | |
October 26, 1787 | State convention for ratification called – Georgia | |
October 27, 1787 | First Federalist Paper appears[6] | |
October 31, 1787 | State convention for ratification called – Virginia | |
November 1, 1787 | State convention for ratification called – New Jersey | |
November 6, 1787 | Delegates to state convention elected – Pennsylvania | |
November 8, 1787 | The first Federal Farmer pamphlet appears in New York[7] | |
November 10, 1787 | State convention for ratification called – Delaware | |
November 12, 1787 | Delegates to state convention elected – Connecticut | |
November 19, 1787 | Delegates to state convention elected – Massachusetts | |
November 20, 1787 | Ratifying convention begins – Pennsylvania | |
November 26, 1787 | Delegates to state convention elected – Delaware | |
November 27, 1787 | State convention for ratification called – Maryland | |
November 27, 1787 | Delegates to state convention elected – New Jersey | |
December 3, 1787 | Ratifying convention begins – Delaware | |
December 4, 1787 | Delegates to state convention elected – Georgia | |
December 6, 1787 | State convention for ratification called – North Carolina | |
December 7, 1787 | Constitution is ratified – Delaware | Unanimous vote - 30-0 |
December 11, 1787 | Ratifying convention begins – New Jersey | |
December 12, 1787 | Constitution is ratified – Pennsylvania | Vote 46-23 |
December 14, 1787 | State convention for ratification called – New Hampshire | |
December 18, 1787 | Constitution is ratified – New Jersey | Unanimous vote - 38-0 |
December 18, 1787 | Pennsylvania convention minority publishes their "Dissent"[8] | |
December 25, 1787 | Ratifying convention begins – Georgia | |
December 31, 1787 | Delegates to state convention elected – New Hampshire | |
January 2, 1788 | Constitution is ratified – Georgia | Unanimous vote - 26-0 |
January 3, 1788 | Ratifying convention begins – Connecticut | |
January 9, 1788 | Constitution is ratified – Connecticut | Vote 128-40 |
January 9, 1788 | Ratifying convention begins – Massachusetts | |
January 19, 1788 | State convention for ratification called – South Carolina | |
February 1, 1788 | State convention for ratification called – New York | |
February 6, 1788 | Constitution is ratified – Massachusetts | Vote 187-168 |
February 13, 1788 | Ratifying convention begins – New Hampshire (first session) | The first session ends February 22 |
March 1, 1788 | Rhode Island calls for popular referendum on the proposed Constitution | |
March 3, 1788 | Delegates to state convention elected – Virginia | |
March 24, 1788 | Rhode Island votes down Constitution in referendum | |
March 28, 1788 | Delegates to state convention elected – North Carolina | |
April 7, 1788 | Delegates to state convention elected – Maryland | |
April 11, 1788 | Delegates to state convention elected – South Carolina | |
April 21, 1788 | Ratifying convention begins – Maryland | |
April 28, 1788 | Constitution is ratified – Maryland | Vote 63-11 |
April 29, 1788 | Delegates to state convention elected – New York | |
May 12, 1788 | Ratifying convention begins – South Carolina | |
May 23, 1788 | Constitution is ratified – South Carolina | Vote 149-73 |
June 2, 1788 | Ratifying convention begins – Virginia | |
June 17, 1788 | Ratifying convention begins – New York | |
June 18, 1788 | Ratifying convention begins – New Hampshire (second session) | |
June 21, 1788 | Constitution is ratified – New Hampshire | Vote 57-47 |
June 21, 1788 | Constitution is now established by the ratification of nine states | |
June 25, 1788 | Constitution is ratified – Virginia | Vote 89-79 |
July 2, 1788 | Congress of the Confederation creates a committee to put the new government into operation | |
July 21, 1788 | Ratifying convention begins – North Carolina (first convention) | |
July 26, 1788 | Constitution is ratified – New York | Vote 30-27 |
August 2, 1788 | First North Carolina convention refuses to ratify Constitution without amendments | |
September 13, 1788 | Congress of the Confederation sets date for first meeting of the new government and the Presidential election | |
November 30, 1788 | Second state convention for ratification called – North Carolina | |
March 4, 1789 | First Congress of the United States of America is seated | |
April 30, 1789 | George Washington is inaugurated as the first President of the United States | |
August 21, 1789 | Delegates to state convention elected – North Carolina | |
September 26, 1789 | Congress of the United States sends twelve amendments to the Constitution to the states for ratification. The last ten were eventually enacted as the Bill of Rights. | |
November 16, 1789 | Ratifying convention begins – North Carolina (second convention) | |
November 21, 1789 | Constitution is ratified – North Carolina | Vote 194-77 |
January 17, 1790 | State convention for ratification called – Rhode Island | |
February 8, 1790 | Delegates to state convention elected – Rhode Island | |
March 1, 1790 | Ratifying convention begins – Rhode Island (first session) | First session ends March 6 |
May 24, 1790 | Ratifying convention begins – Rhode Island (second session) | |
May 29, 1790 | Constitution is ratified – Rhode Island | Vote 34-32 |
October 17, 1790 | Treaty signed between New York and Vermont, paving the way for the latter's admission to the Union | |
October 27, 1790 | State convention for ratification called – Vermont | |
December 4, 1790 | Delegates to state convention elected – Vermont | |
January 9, 1791 | Ratifying convention begins – Vermont | |
January 10, 1791 | Constitution is ratified – Vermont | Vote 108-5 |
December 15, 1791 | Bill of Rights comes into force on ratification by Virginia |
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Timeline: Radify the Constitutional of the United States: According to this timeline: Virginia, District 13, was the last state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, while Vermont is listed as District 12.
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