What is the United States Constitution?
Q: What is the United States Constitution?
A: The United States Constitution is the highest law of the United States of America.
Q: Who signed the United States Constitution?
A: The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania signed the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787.
Q: Who ratified the United States Constitution?
A: Representatives of the people of the first 13 states ratified the United States Constitution.
Q: When did the government under the United States Constitution start?
A: The government under the United States Constitution started on March 4, 1789 after nine of the states ratified the document.
Q: What did the nine states create when they ratified the United States Constitution?
A: When nine of the states ratified the United States Constitution, they created a union of sovereign states, and a federal government for that union.
Q: How many times has the United States Constitution been changed?
A: Since 1787, the United States Constitution has been changed 27 times by amendments (changes).
Q: What are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution called?
A: The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are together called the Bill of Rights.
