The Constitution of the United States of America
The Constitution of the United States was drafted at the Constitutional
Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, signed on September 17, 1787, and
ratified by the required number of states (nine) by June 21, 1788. It
superseded the Articles of Confederation, the original charter of the
United States that had been in force since 1781. The Constitution contains
a preamble and seven articles. It also includes 27 amendments, the first
10 of which are referred to as the Bill of Rights.
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