1. Delaware
2. Pennsylvania
3. New Jersey
4. Georgia
5. Connecticut
7. Maryland
9. New Hampshire
10. Virginia
11. New York
12. North Carolina
13. Rhode Island
George Washington Virginia George Read Delaware Gunning Bedford, Jr. Delaware John Dickinson Delaware Richard Bassett Delaware Jacob Broom Delaware James McHenry Maryland Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Maryland Daniel Carroll Maryland John Blair Virginia James Madison Jr. Virginia William Blount North Carolina Richard Dobbs Spaight North Carolina Hugh Williamson North Carolina John Rutledge South Carolina Charles Cotesworth Pinckney South Carolina Charles Pinckney South Carolina Pierce Butler South Carolina William Few Georgia Abraham Baldwin Georgia John Langdon New Hampshire Nicholas Gilman New Hampshire Nathaniel Gorham Massachusetts Rufus King Massachusetts William Samuel Johnson Connecticut Roger Sherman Connecticut Alexander Hamilton New York William Livingston New Jersey David Brearly New Jersey William Paterson New Jersey Jonathan Dayton New Jersey Benjamin Franklin Pennsylvania Thomas Mifflin Pennsylvania Robert Morris Pennsylvania George Clymer Pennsylvania Thomas Fitzsimons Pennsylvania Jared Ingersoll Pennsylvania James Wilson Pennsylvania Gouverneur Morris Pennsylvania
1 Delaware December 7, 1787 2 Pennsylvania December 12, 1787 3 New Jersey December 18, 1787 4 Georgia January 2, 1788 5 Connecticut January 9, 1788 6 Massachusetts February 6, 1788 7 Maryland April 28, 1788 8 South Carolina May 23, 1788 9 New Hampshire June 21, 1788 (With this state's signing, the Constitution became legal) 10 Virginia June 25, 1788 11 New York July 26, 1788 12 North Carolina November 21, 1788 (Initially voted against ratification) 13 Rhode Island May 29, 1790 (Did not even hold a constitutional convention)
DATE: STATE: 1. December 7, 1787 Delaware 2. December 12, 1787 Pennsylvania 3. December 18, 1787 New Jersey 4. January 2, 1788 Georgia 5. January 9, 1788 Connecticut 6. February 6, 1788 Massachusetts 7. April 28, 1788 Maryland 8. May 23, 1788 South Carolina 9. June 21, 1788 New Hampshire 10.Rhode Island
1 Delaware 2Pennsylvania 3 New Jersey4 Georgia 5Connecticut 6Maryland7South Carolina 8New Hampshire 9 New York10North Carolina 11Rhode Island
The first to sign was George Washington of Virginia.
1. George Washington 2. George Read 3. Gunning Bedford Jr. 4. John Dickson 5. Richard Bassett 6. Jacob Broom 7. James McHenry 8. Dainel of St. Thomas Jenifer 9. Daniel Carroll 10. John Blair
From what I have read; It was random. The Delegates lined up and started signing.
cmon sucker
Delegates wrote the US Constitution. They did so in order to establish the United States and its founding principles which are still part of the country today.
The 3/5ths compromise says that slaves would make 3/5th of one free person and the great compromise leading to the government we have today.
a strong central government was necessary to maintain order.
policies based on racist ideas.
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The Bill of Rights.
cmon sucker
cmon sucker
The delegates to the constitutional convention who represented the colonies they came from. There was John Hancock, Ben Franklin as part of the group. George Washington did not sign. He will an order in 1789 putting the constitution into effect.
Delegates wrote the US Constitution. They did so in order to establish the United States and its founding principles which are still part of the country today.
The congress provides for the organization of the Northwest Territory and outlines the steps that a territory must take in order to become a state. Delegates meet in Philadelphia and draft the Constitution. Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the Constitution.
There is a dilemma in signing the constitution because no one can decide whether paper cups are a necessity or not.
The delegates did not start the preamble- you the people. The preamble says: 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 of the United States of America.
In order balance the competing claims of local self-government district interests and national authority, the Constitution assigns certain functions to the federal government and leaves all others to the state.
The 3/5ths compromise says that slaves would make 3/5th of one free person and the great compromise leading to the government we have today.
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