May 29,1787-Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia introduced the Virginia Plan.
July 16,1787-Convention accepted the Great Compromise.
September 17,1787- 41 delegates met at the convention. The constitution was signed and needed to be accepted by the confederation Congress. Nine states were required to ratify it before it could take effect.
September 28,1787-Congress unanimously agreed to submit the new Constitution to the states for ratification without taking a position for or against it.
Mid-January,1788-Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, and Connecticut ratified the Constitution.
February 8,1788-Massachusetts ratified the Constitution.
June 21,1788-Maryland, South Carolina, and New Hampshire ratified the Constitution.
June 25,1788-Virginia convention voted to ratify the Constitution.
June 26,1788-New York ratify the Constitution including the bill of rights.
November 21,1789-North Carolina ratify the Constitution.
May 29,1790-Rhode Island ratify the Constitution.
December 15,1791-States ratify the first ten amendments(the Bill of Rights).
February 7,1795-the eleventh amendments was passed.
July 11,1804-twelfth amendment was passed.
December 6,1865-thirteenth amendment was passed.
July 9,1868-fourteenth amendment was passed.
May 1870-fifteenth amendment was passed.
February 5,1913-sixteenth amendment was passed.
April 8,1913-seventeenth amendment was passed.
August 18,1920-nineteenth amendment was passed.
January 23,1933-twentieth amendment was passed.
February 27,1951-twenty second amendment was passed.
June 17,1961-twenty third amendment was passed.
January 23,1964-twenty fourth amendment was passed.
February 10,1967-twenty fifth amendment was passed.
March 23, 1971-twenty six amendment was passed.
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Anthony, good information... perhaps instead of just mentioning which amendment was passed, you can give a brief description of what each amendment was about too.
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