The USA Constitution

Signing the Constitution, September 17, 1787

Dates the 13 states ratified the Constitution

Independence Hall, south wing. Philadelphia

Short Facts
The original Constitution signed on September 17th and ratified June 21, 1788 is only five pages long.
Was written in the same Pennsylvania State House where the Declaration of Independence was signed
Was prepared in secret
Two of America’s “founding fathers” didn’t sign the Constitution
Of the written national constitutions, the U.S. Constitution is the oldest and shortest.
At 81, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania was the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention and at 26, Jonathon Dayton of New Jersey was the youngest.