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The advocates of the Constitution were anxious to obtain the unanimous support of all twelve states represented in Convention.

Their agreed to formula was, “ Done in Convention, by the unanimous consent of the States present .” George Washington noted in his diary that night, the proposal was agreed to by eleven state delegations and the lone Mr. Hamilton for New York.

Transmitted to the Articles Congress then sitting in New York City, the Constitution was forwarded to the states by Congress recommending the ratification process outlined in the Constitution.

Each state legislature was to call elections for a “ Federal Convention ” to ratify the Constitution.

They expanded the franchise beyond the Constitutional requirement to more nearly embrace “ the people ”.

Eleven of the thirteen ratified to begin, all thirteen unanimously did so a year later.

The Articles Congress certified eleven states beginning the new government, and called the states to hold elections to begin operation.

It then dissolved itself on that date, the day the first session of the First Congress began March 4, 1789 and George Washington was inaugurated as President two months later.