December 12 in American History
Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the new Constitution, and the first large state to do so, giving the document crucial momentum. State by state through 1787 and 1788, the framework argued out in Philadelphia was being turned into the actual law of a nation.
In 1787: Pennsylvania ratifies the Constitution. Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the new Constitution, and the first large state to do so, giving the document crucial momentum.
Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the new Constitution, and the first large state to do so, giving the document crucial momentum. State by state through 1787 and 1788, the framework argued out in Philadelphia was being turned into the actual law of a nation.
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