Appendix 6: The Birth of the Constitution: A Chronology
Author | Leonard W. Levy, Kenneth L. Karst |
Pages | 2975-2978 |
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1786 | |
September 11–14 | Annapolis Convention. |
September 20 | Report of Annapolis Convention, calling for a Constitutional Convention, submitted to Congress. |
October 11 | Congress sends Annapolis Convention report to committee. |
November 23 | New Jersey elects delegates. |
December 4 | Virginia elects delegates. |
December 30 | Pennsylvania elects delegates. |
1787 | |
January 6 | North Carolina elects delegates. |
January 17 | New Hampshire elects delegates. |
February 3 | Delaware elects delegates. |
February 10 | Georgia elects delegates. |
February 21 | Congress calls Constitutional Convention. |
March 3 | Massachusetts elects delegates. |
March 6 | New York elects delegates. |
March 8 | South Carolina elects delegates. |
March 14 | Rhode Island refuses to elect delegates. |
April 23–May 6 | Maryland elects delegates. |
May 14 | Day appointed for beginning of Convention; quorum not present. |
May 14–17 | Connecticut elects delegates. |
May 25 | Quorum is present (seven states represented); Convention begins. |
May 29 | Governor Edmund Randolph introduces the Virginia Plan. |
June 15 | William Paterson introduces the New Jersey Plan. |
July 16 | Great Compromise approved: voting power in first house of Congress to be apportioned by population; states to have equal voting power in the second house. |
August 6 | Committee on Detail submits draft to Convention. |
September 12 | Committee on Style submits draft to Convention. |
September 15 | Draft Constitution approved by unanimous vote of the states represented in the Convention. |
September 17 | Constitution is signed; Convention adjourns. |
September 26–28 | Proposed Constitution debated in Congress. |
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September 28 | Congress transmits Constitution to the states for ratification action. |
September 29 | Pennsylvania calls state convention. |
October 17 | Connecticut calls state convention. |
October 25 | Massachusetts calls state convention. |
October 26 | Georgia calls state convention. |
October 31 | Virginia calls state convention. |
November 1 | New Jersey calls state convention. |
November 6 | Delegates to Pennsylvania convention elected. |
November 10 | Delaware calls state convention. |
November 12 | Delegates to Connecticut convention elected. |
November 19–January 7, 1788 | Delegates to Massachusetts convention elected. |
November 20 | Pennsylvania convention begins. |
November 26 | Delegates to Delaware convention elected. |
November 27–December 1 | Delegates to New Jersey convention elected. |
December 1 | Maryland |
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