Hvornår blev forfatningen af usa underskrevet?
17. september 1787
Signing of the United States Constitution
Underskrivelsen af USA's forfatning fandt sted den 17. september 1787 i Independence Hall i Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, da 39 delegerede til forfatningskonventet, der repræsenterede 12 stater (alle undtagen Rhode Island, som afviste at sende delegerede), godkendte den forfatning, der blev udarbejdet i løbet af det fire måneder lange konvent. Ud over underskrifter indeholdt denne godkendelse, forfatningens eskatocol, en kort erklæring om, at delegaternes arbejde er blevet afsluttet med succes, og at de, hvis underskrifter står på den, tilslutter sig det endelige dokument. Der er inkluderet en erklæring om, at dokumentet er vedtaget af de tilstedeværende stater, en formel datering af dets vedtagelse samt underskrifterne af dem, der har godkendt det. Desuden underskrev konventets sekretær, William Jackson, dokumentet for at bekræfte gyldigheden af de delegeredes underskrifter. Han lavede også et par sekretærnotater.
September 17, 1787
The Signing of the United States Constitution occurred on September 17, 1787, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention, representing 12 states (all but Rhode Island, which declined to send delegates), endorsed the Constitution created during the four-month-long convention. In addition to signatures, this endorsement, the Constitution's eschatocol, included a brief declaration that the delegates’ work has been successfully completed and that those whose signatures appear on it subscribe to the final document. Included are, a statement pronouncing the document's adoption by the states present, a formulaic dating of its adoption, along with the signatures of those endorsing it. Additionally, the convention's secretary, William Jackson, signed the document to authenticate the validity of the delegate signatures. He also made a few secretarial notes.
Signing of the United States Constitution