USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

AGE OF THE COMMON MAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The seventeenth of September is the federal observance off Constitution Day. The purpose of the observation is to recognize the writing of the Constitution by delegates in Philadelphia in the year ____
A
1787
B
1798
C
1791
D
1793
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -September 17 is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day (Constitution Day). This day commemorates the September 17, 1787 signing of the United States Constitution. Check out these live online events: September 14 – Library of Congress: Constitution Day 2022: The Hughes-era Supreme Court.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Constitutional Convention took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed. Although the Convention had been officially called to revise the existing Articles of Confederation, many delegates had much bigger plans.

Detailed explanation-3: -The delegates included many of the leading figures of the period. Among them were George Washington, who was elected to preside, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, James Wilson, John Rutledge, Charles Pinckney, Oliver Ellsworth, and Gouverneur Morris.

Detailed explanation-4: -U.S. Constitution Signed The Convention approved the Constitution on September 17, 1787, and it was ratified on July 2, 1788 after nine states had approved it.

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