Headline: This Day in History: US Constitution Is Ratified
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The document creating the U.S. government as it is known today was ratified nearly a year after being written. In response to mounting debt and other problems created by the Articles of Confederation, the Second Constitutional Convention was held in Philadelphia over the course of three months in 1787.
Keywords: US Constitution,Ratification,June 21,1788,Articles of Confederation,Second Constitutional Convention,Philadelphia,1787,Delegates,New Hampshire,Bill of Rights,First Ten Amendments,US Government History
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