The Seventh Article

The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.

Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth. In Witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names. Note

George Washington - President and deputy from Virginia

New Hampshire - John Langdon, Nicholas Gilman

Massachusetts - Nathaniel Gorham, Rufus King

Connecticut - Wm Saml Johnson, Roger Sherman

New York - Alexander Hamilton
New Jersey - Wil Livingston, David Brearley, Wm Paterson, Jona. Dayton
Pensylvania - B Franklin, Thomas Mifflin, Robt Morris, Geo. Clymer, Thos FitzSimons, Jared Ingersoll, James Wilson, Gouv Morris
Delaware - Geo. Read, Gunning Bedford jun, John Dickinson, Richard Bassett, Jaco. Broom
Maryland - James McHenry, Dan of St Tho Jenifer, Danl Carroll
Virginia - John Blair, James Madison Jr.
North Carolina - Wm Blount, Richd Dobbs Spaight, Hu Williamson
South Carolina - J. Rutledge, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler
Georgia - William Few, Abr Baldwin
Attest: William Jackson, Secretary

The Explanation of Article Seven

     The Seventh Article explains what is needed to be done to have the Constitution approved. The delegates at the Constitutional Convention approved the Constitution on September 17, 1787. When the delegates signed their names on the Constitution, they approved or ratified it. Then the Constitution was sent to the state legislators for them to approve. Nine out of thirteen states had to approve the Constitution before it could be provided to everyone. This article was needed to explain how to accept the Constitution in our country.

The Importance of Article Seven

     Article Seven is important because rules were needed to approve the Constitution. One of the concerns at the Constitutional Convention was making sure all the states got to approve it. State legislatures wanted a "say" regarding the new Constitution. They got their chance after the delegates signed it. All the delegates that signed the Constitution were very important people in America during that time. For example, George Washington and James Madison would become presidents of the United States. Alexander Hamilton became the Secretary of the Treasury in Washington's cabinets. Another famous person at the Convention was Benjamin Franklin, who was the oldest one there and was an inventor.