Enlightenment · North America · Politics
1788
U.S. Constitution Ratified
June 21, 1788
New Hampshire's convention, ninth to approve, put the new Constitution into effect. Virginia and New York soon followed after tight votes; North Carolina and Rhode Island lagged. The Articles of Confederation quietly expired. On March 4 of the next year the first Congress under the new charter would open for business.
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