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Article: The U.S. Constitution was written at the Constitutional Convention. (Philadelphia, PA, May 1787)(Sidelights)
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- September 11, 1995
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* The U.S. Constitution was written at the Constitutional Convention (drawing left), which met in Philadelphia in May 1787. But it wasn't ratified (formally approved) by the states until September 17, 1787. Even though the Constitution was now the law of the land, many ...