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1787-1789
Federalists and Anti-Federalists Debate the Constitution
May 5, 1787
Constitutional Convention Begins
September 17, 1787
Constitution is signed by Convention delegates
December 7, 1787
Delaware is first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution
December 12, 1787
Pennsylvania ratifies the Constitution
December 18, 1787
New Jersey ratifies the Constitution
January 2, 1788
Georgia is fourth state to ratify Constitution
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January 2, 1788
Georgia is fourth state to ratify Constitution
Like Delaware and New Jersey, Georgia representatives unanimously vote 26 to 0 to ratify the constitution. Of the four Georgian delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention, only two (Abraham Baldwin and William Few) signed the Constitution.
Read more on Georgia's delegates to the Constitutional Convention:
Abraham Baldwin
Source:National Archives
William Few
Source:National Archives
William Houston
Source:National Archives
William Pierce
Source:National Archives
January 8, 1788
Connecticut ratifies the Constitution
February 6, 1788
Massachusetts narrowly ratifies the Constitution
March 24, 1788
Rhode Island votes not to ratify
April 28, 1788
Maryland becomes seventh state to ratify Constitution
May 23, 1788
South Carolina ratifies
June 21, 1788
New Hampshire ratifies, putting Constitution into effect
June 25, 1788
Virginia becomes tenth state to ratify
July 26, 1788
New York barely ratifies the Constitution
September 25, 1789
Congress passes the Bill of Rights, sends to states for ratification
November 21, 1789
North Carolina ratifies
May 29, 1790
Rhode Island narrowly ratifies the Constitution
