Founding & Rights1787

The Constitution took under 100 working days

Working days to draft the Constitution

The Constitution was drafted in fewer than 100 working days.

The Convention sat from May to September 1787, six days a week, behind closed windows in a Philadelphia summer.

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Constitution q and aU.S. National Archives

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