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Center for Civics Education
Dr. Jo Ellen Chatham
Director, Center for Civics Education
949-214-3200
[email protected]
Convention: A Daily Journal is a day-by-day journal of the 1787 Constitutional Convention convened by twelve of the original thirteen states to amend the Articles of Confederation and create a “more perfect union.” It chronicles the daily activities of the Convention, profiles the delegates and their interactions with each other, and looks back to life in America in the 1780s. Writing in the first person, the story is told from an “observer” hearing events as told in contemporary newspaper accounts and delegates’ personal notes and letters.
By Center for Civics Education Posted on 5/1/2020 - 4 minute read
The debate was settled more than two hundred thirty years ago when, on June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth of thirteen States to ratify it…or so we thought. That very question was boldly splashed across the cover of Harper’s Magazine in October 2019.
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Dr. Jo Ellen Chatham Director, Center for Civics Education [email protected] 949-214-3200