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    Ratification Day in the United States is the anniversary of the congressional proclamation of the ratification of the Treaty of Paris, on January 14, 1784...
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  • United States, it often refers to the day a particular state ratified the United States Constitution. Ratification Day (United States) Ratification Day...
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    table is included below showing AoC ratification dates.) These states are presented in the order in which each ratified the 1787 Constitution and joined...
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    Convention to consider joining the United States begins in Vermont. January 10 • Ratification and application Vermont votes to ratify the Constitution and to apply...
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    the Constitution of the United States have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification since the Constitution was...
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    Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which...
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    which the states may ratify it. Under the terms of Article VII, constitutional ratification conventions were held in each of the thirteen states, with the...
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    This was the first amendment to impose a deadline date for ratification. If ratification did not occur before the deadline date, the amendment would...
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    states were debating ratification, which provided background and justification for the Constitution. Some states agreed to ratify the Constitution only...
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  • Christianity) Flag Day (Georgia) National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand) Ratification Day (United States) Revolution and Youth Day (Tunisia) Yennayer...
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    deadlines for the ratification of proposed amendments, but most amendments proposed since 1917 have included a deadline for ratification. Legal scholars...
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    still be ratified. He later launched a nationwide campaign to complete its ratification. The amendment eventually became part of the United States Constitution...
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    Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the 1850s, its main political rival has been the Republican Party...
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    National Independence Day) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Its name is a portmanteau...
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    (rescinded ratification February 20, 1868/March 24, 1868; re-ratified April 23, 2003) Oregon: September 19, 1866 (rescinded ratification October 16,...
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    either as official capitals of the United States under the United States Constitution, or, prior to its ratification, sites where the Second Continental...
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  • The ratification of the United States Constitution by Rhode Island was the 1790 decision by the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ("Rhode...
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    11 of the 14 states, the ratification of Article One (ratified by 10) and Article Two (ratified by 6) remained incomplete. The ratification plateau they...
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    its ratification of the amendment was never officially challenged. Ratification was completed on June 30, 1971, after the amendment had been ratified by...
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    history. Under the Articles of Confederation, which were ratified in 1781, the United States had no head of state. The executive function of government...
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    The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated...
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  • the United States, Tax Day is the day on which individual income tax returns are due to be submitted to the federal government. Since 1955, Tax Day has...
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    1821, 1849, 1877, and 1917. Inauguration Day moved to January 20, beginning in 1937, following ratification of the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution...
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    to establish a perpetual union between the states in November 1777 and sent it to the states for ratification. Under the Articles, which took effect on...
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    volume: The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, Vol. 23, Ratification by the States: New York, No. 5. Madison: The State Historical...
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    June 4, 1919. It was then submitted to the states for ratification, achieving the requisite 36 ratifications to secure adoption, and thereby go into effect...
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    The 2024 United States presidential election will be the 60th quadrennial presidential election, set to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Voters will...
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    the Virginia ratifying convention and their vote on ratification. A total of 170 delegates were elected. Of these, 168 voted on ratification: 89 for, 79...
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    that directly elects the president of the United States. Additionally, each state has the opportunity to ratify constitutional amendments, and, with the...
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    only American president to have served more than two terms. Following ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment in 1951, presidents—beginning with Dwight...
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