Signing of the United States Constitution

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On September 17, 1787, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention endorsed the Constitution created during the four-month-long convention. This provision is commonly called the Attestation Clause. The U.S. Constitution lays out the frame of the nation's federal government and delineates how its three branches (legislative, executive, and judicial) are to function. In all, twelve of the thirteen states were represented at the Constitutional Convention, as Rhode Island had refused to send delegates. Of the 74 delegates who were chosen, 55 attended. Several attendees left before the signing ceremony, and three of the 42 who remained refused to sign. Of the 39 who did sign, virtually every one had taken part in the American Revolution; six had signed the Declaration of Independence, and thirty had served on active military duty. In general, they represented a cross-section of 18th-century American leadership, with individuals having experience...

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