{"data":{"description":"Delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. The fifty-five delegates who signed this monumental","title":"The U.S. Constitution","post_type":"page","content":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Constitution for the United States\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eDelegates to the \u003cstrong\u003eConstitutional Convention\u003c/strong\u003e signed the Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. The fifty-five delegates who signed this monumental political document were the best minds of the Colonies at the time.\u003c/p\u003e\nThe Constitution was forwarded to the Congress and \u003cstrong\u003ethe following year was ratified by conventions in nine states\u003c/strong\u003e, and made the law of the land.\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eTwo days after its signing, the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser printed the \u003cstrong\u003eentire text of the Constitution\u003c/strong\u003e in its issue dated Wednesday, September 19, 1787. John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole were publishers of the Packet at the time. Both men alternated as official printers to the Continental Congress.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eIt must be pointed out that the original parchment document on which the Constitution was written was in the \u003cstrong\u003ecustody of the Department of State.\u003c/strong\u003e Of necessity it traveled with the federal government from New York to Philadelphia and, finally, to Washington. In order to allow citizens in all parts of the Republic to read the Constitution, its entire text was printed in the newspapers of the day.\u003c/p\u003e\nThink You Know The Constitution? Take Our \u003ca style=\"color: #990000;\" href=\"/earlyamerica/early-america-quiz/constitution-quiz\"\u003eConstitution Quiz\u003c/a\u003e and Find Out!\n\u003cul style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/freedom-documents/u-s-constitution/constitution-united-states/\"\u003eA Text Version of the United States Constitution is also available\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/freedom-documents/u-s-constitution/amendments-constitution-united-states/\"\u003eThe Text of the Amendments To The U.S. Constitution\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","menu":[{"path":"lives-early-america","title":"Famous Lives","submenu":[{"path":"lives-early-america/autobiography-benjamin-franklin","title":"Autobiography of Ben Franklin"},{"path":"lives-early-america/ramsays-life-washington","title":"Ramsay's The Life of Washington"},{"path":"lives-early-america/adventures-col-daniel-boone","title":"The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone"},{"path":"lives-early-america/true-story-paul-revere","title":"The True Story of Paul Revere"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"portrait","title":"Portraits"},{"path":"rare-images/last-men-revolution","title":"The Last Men of the Revolution"}]},{"path":"freedom-documents","title":"Freedom Documents","submenu":[{"path":"freedom-documents/bill-rights","title":"Bill of Rights"},{"path":"freedom-documents/declaration-independence","title":"Declaration of Independence"},{"path":"freedom-documents/u-s-constitution","title":"The U.S. Constitution"}]},{"path":"world-early-america","title":"World of Early America","submenu":[{"path":"bookmarks","title":"Early American Bookmarks"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"firsts","title":"Firsts!"},{"path":"rare-images/maps","title":"Maps"},{"path":"rare-images","title":"Rare Images"},{"path":"music1","title":"Music"},{"path":"writings","title":"The Writings of Early America"}]},{"path":"boston-massacre","title":"Boston Massacre"},{"path":"milestone-events","title":"Milestones"},{"path":"early-america-review","title":"The Review"},{"path":"home/teachers-students","title":"Teachers"},{"path":"sitemap","title":"Sitemap"}]},"success":true}