Congress passed legislation creating the Department of Foreign Affairs in its first session in 1789, and in the same year changed the name to the Department of State after it added several additional domestic duties to the Department.
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The Constitution was ratified by the required ninth state on June 21, 1788 with the new government scheduled to take office by March 4, 1789. The Constitution of the United St…ates was adopted by the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787 and sent out to the states to be ratified.
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On September 25, 1789, the first Congress of the United States adopted 12 amendments to the U.S. Constitution–the Bill of Rights–and sent them to the states for ratification. Ten of these amendments were ratified in 1791. In November 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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After the necessary number of state ratifications, the Constitution came into effect in 1789 and has served as the basis of the United States Government ever since.
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In Law & Legal Issues. Amendments to the US Constitution are proposed and ratified  according to the process listed in Article 5 of the Constitution,  typically passage of the amendment by a 2/3 v…ote of both houses of  Congress, followed by ratification by state legislatures in at  least 3/4 of the individual states.
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Constitutional Convention and Ratification, 1787–1789. The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
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The Constitution was thus narrowly ratified in Massachusetts, followed by Maryland and South Carolina. On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the document, and it was subsequently agreed that government under the U.S. Constitution would begin on March 4, 1789. In June, Virginia ratified the Constitution, followed by New York in July.
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This Day in History: 06/21/1788 - U.S. Constitution ratified. In this This Day in History video, learn about the history of June 21. It was the day Evita the musical opened in London in 1978 as well as the day the United States Constitution was ratified in 1787.
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The United States Constitution that emerged from the convention established a federal government with more specific powers, including those related to conducting relations with foreign governments.
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Rhode Island was the last of the thirteen original states to ratify the US Constitution on May 29, 1790. I am a teacher and a life long learner. I hold a PhD in education and have been teaching for 29 years. I love to travel and see other places.
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In 1787 the US constitution ratified. The United States constitution was ratified in 1787.