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Two-Hundred-Thirty-Second Anniversary of Signing of Constitution

9/17/2019

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This month marks the two-hundred-thirty-second anniversary of the signing of our United States Constitution. The Constitution was drafted and signed in Philadelphia, in the same building where the Declaration of Independence was signed. George Washington was one of the delegates to the convention that produced the Constitution, and he was elected President of  the convention, which convened on May 25th, 1787 and adjourned on September 17th of that year.

Here is the excerpt from the first edition of Accountability Citizenship in which I discuss the United States Constitution:

Our republic is founded on a Constitution. That Constitution was developed after a group of dissatisfied colonists--subjects of the British Empire--declared their independence from Great Britain and fought a war to win their independence at great risk to themselves and to their families. The colonists were dissatisfied because they believed the British government was abusing its power, treating them unjustly, and not responding to their needs. The first effort to structure a unified government for the new United States was based on something known as the Articles of Confederation, and it was a failure. Generally, historians agree the Articles of Confederation did not provide the central government with sufficient powers to administer the basic functions of a viable government. The Constitution was developed in 1787 to address the shortcomings of the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution is not perfect, either--it has been amended twenty-seven times. The first ten amendments were adopted in 1791 and are collectively known as the Bill of Rights. (Accountability Citizenship, xlibris, 2013, pp. 46-7)

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    Author of Thy King Dumb Come and Accountability Citizenship, Stephen P. Tryon is a businessman and technologist with extensive experience in e-commerce, a retired Soldier, and former Senate Fellow.

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