Constitution of the U

S. Framed by the convention of the representatives of the people, a embled in Phila. Sept. 17, 1787, and became a law the day it was ratified by Congre , March 4, 1789. During the War for Independence the Articles of Confederation served as a Constitution. The present Constitution consisted originally of 7 articles, but later on 15 amendments were added. In 1789-90, at the a embling of the First Congre , the first 10 amendments were proposed, the 11th 1798, the 12th 1804, the 13th 1865, the 14th 1868, the 15th 1870.