More important, it was a crucial debate on the future of the United States. A public debate soon erupted in each of the states over whether the new Constitution should be accepted. Many people were bitterly opposed to the proposed new system of government. When the delegates to the Philadelphia Convention signed the Constitution on September 17, 1787, they knew ratification would not be easy. Their creation was the United States Constitution.īefore the Constitution could become "the supreme law of the land," it had to be ratified or approved by at least nine of the thirteen states.
Unable to find an exact model in history to fit America's unique situation, delegates met at Philadelphia in 1787 to create their own solution to the problem.
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