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Farmers rebelled and shut down courthouses across Massachusetts. The rebellion caused the government officials to decide to make a new government.
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Delegates representing every state except Rhode Island gathered at Philadelphia's Pennsylvania State House. They got rid of the Articles of Confederation and started to form a new government.
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The compromise between the delegates which proposed a bicameral legislature. It also proposed proportional representation in the house of Representatives and equal representation in the Senate.
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After months of debating, the Constitution was complete. All but 3 of the 42 delegates at the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution.
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Over three days the Delaware delegates voted on the Constitution. Delaware was the very first state to ratify the Constitution. On December 7th, the vote was 30-0.
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Pennsylvania was the second state to ratify the Constitution. The debating took 22 days.The final vote was 46-23.
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New Hampshire was one of the last states to ratify the Constitution. The final vote was 57-47.
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On this date, George Washington took the oath of office and became the first president of the U.S. In 1787, he had been the elected president of the Constitutional Convention.
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Rhode Island was the very last state to ratify the Constitution. The final vote was 34-32.
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The Bill of Rights was made a part of the Constitution by Virginia's ratification of the Constitution. All but two of the amendments were added to the Constitution.