Progression of the Constitutional Ratification

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  • First Continental Congress

    The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. These were elected by the people, by the colonial legislatures, or by the committees of correspondence of the respective colonies. The colonies presented there were united in a determination to show a combined authority to Great Britain, but their aims were not uniform at all.

  • Second Continental Congress

    After the Battles of Lexington and Concord, a Second Continental Congress met on May 10, 1776, in the State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, now called Indepence Hall. This second Congress had a few delegates that hadn't been at The First Continental Congress. Some of those new and returning delegates included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and the new president of the Continental Congress, John Hancock.

  • Articles of Confederation (drafted)

    [The Articles] provided for a Congress with representation based on population, and gave to the national government all powers not designated to the states. After considerable debate and alteration, the Articles of Confederation were adopted by Congress on November 15, 1777.

  • Articles of Confederation Ratified

  • New Jersey Plan Proposed

    aka the small state plan, it was proposed by William Paterson

  • Virginia Plan Proposed

    Also known as the large state plan, it was proposed by Edmund Randolph

  • Final draft of Constitution sent to congress

  • Constitutional Convention opens

    Delegates from the states meet in Philadelphia to adress the problems caused by the U.S operating under the Articles of Confederation. The Convention was made intending to fix the Articles of Confederation so that the delegates would actually come, but The real intention was to create a new government and abolish the Articles of Confederation.

  • Ratification of the Constitution

    The Constitution may have been ratified on this date but was not official until they added the Bill of Rights, which established the fundamental rights of the United States citizens relieving the fears associated with the relatively strong government the Constitution provided.

  • 1st U.S Congress Convenes

  • Constitution becomes official

    Bill of Rights is added and the constitution is official and approved by 12 of 13 states (1 didnt vote)

  • George Washington's Inauguration Day

    After making th trip from Mt. Vernon to Philedelphia, he's the president