Constitution is the oldest written constitution in operation in the world. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! While the movement The culmination of a series of anti-Semitic orders from the monarchs of France, the order outlived the monarchy and remains one of the major contributing factors to the tiny percentage of the French Early in the morning on September 17, , a large band of Cheyenne and Sioux stage a surprise attack on Major George A.
Forsyth and a volunteer force of 50 frontiersmen in Colorado. In , the Enterprise became the first space shuttle to At the White House in Washington, D. The accords were Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. George Washington prepares a final draft of his presidential farewell address on September 17, The journal that he kept during the Constitutional Convention was kept secret until after he died.
The journal was published in Although Benjamin Franklin's mind remained active, his body was deteriorating. He was in constant pain because of gout and having a stone in his bladder, and he could barely walk. He would enter the convention hall in a sedan chair carried by four prisoners from the Walnut Street jail in Philadelphia.
As Benjamin Franklin left the Pennsylvania State House after the final meeting of the Constitutional Convention on September 17, , he was approached by the wife of the mayor of Philadelphia. She was curious as to what the new government would be. Franklin replied, "A republic, madam.
If you can keep it. On March 24, , a popular election was held in Rhode Island to determine the ratification status of the new Constitution. The vote was in favor and 2, opposed! The members of the first Congress of the United States included 54 who were delegates to the Constitutional Convention or delegates to the various state-ratifying conventions. The number also included 7 delegates who opposed ratification. Benjamin Franklin died on April 17, , at the age of The 20, mourners at his funeral on April 21, , constituted the largest public gathering up to that time.
Vermont ratified the Constitution on January 10, , even though it had not yet become a state. There was a proposal at the Constitutional Convention to limit the standing army for the country to 5, men.
George Washington sarcastically agreed with this proposal as long as a stipulation was added that no invading army could number more than 3, troops! John Adams referred to the Constitution as "the greatest single effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen" and George Washington wrote to the Marquis de Lafayette that "It the Constitution appears to me, then, little short of a miracle.
The Pennsylvania State House where the Constitutional Convention took place was where George Washington was appointed the commander of the Continental Army in and where the Declaration of Independence was signed in It was also where the Articles of Confederation were adopted as our first constitution in Rhode Island was the only state not to send delegates to Philadelphia in At that time the state legislature was controlled by the agrarian party and was fearful that a stronger central government would demand that debts be paid in specie hard money.
It was the last state to ratify the Constitution on May 29, over a year after President George Washington's inauguration by a vote of The delegates were involved in debates from 10 a. It contains 7, words including the 27 amendments. The Constitution was ratified by specially elected conventions beginning in December Daniel Webster , of Massachusetts, has been called the "Expounder of the Constitution".
From to there were no amendments added to the Constitution until the end of the Civil War when the Thirteenth amendment was added that abolished slavery. Of the 55 delegates attending the Constitutional Convention, 39 signed and 3 delegates dissented. Of the written national constitutions, the U. Constitution is the oldest and shortest. More than 11, amendments have been introduced in Congress. The movement reached its apex in when Congress ratified the 18th Amendment, prohibiting the The Second Amendment, often referred to as the right to bear arms, is one of 10 amendments that form the Bill of Rights, ratified in by the U.
Differing interpretations of the amendment have fueled a long-running debate over gun control legislation and the The 25th Amendment to the U. Passed by Congress on July 6, , the 25th Amendment was ratified by the states Freedom of speech—the right to express opinions without government restraint—is a democratic ideal that dates back to ancient Greece. In the United States, the First Amendment guarantees free speech, though the United States, like all modern democracies, places limits on this The 26 Amendment lowered the legal voting age in the United States from 21 to The long debate over lowering the voting age began during World War II and intensified during the Vietnam War, when young men denied the right to vote were being conscripted to fight for their Live TV.
This Day In History. History Vault. Constitution The Preamble outlines the Constitution's purpose and guiding principles. It reads: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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