What Document Was Written at the Constitutional Convention

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It’s formally known as the “Constitution of the United States,” but historians sometimes call it the “Philadelphia Constitution” or the “1787 Constitution” to distinguish it from the one we have now (which has 27 amendments tacked on). On the day it was signed, it was just parchment and ink—four pages of elegant script, with a preamble that starts, “We the People.”

Fun fact: the final version was written by Gouverneur Morris, who had a fierce pen and a flair for the dramatic. He’s the reason the Preamble doesn’t say “We the States” but “We the People.” That subtle shift changed everything. (Sneaky, right?)

Wait—Was There a Second Document?

Yep. The Constitutional Convention also produced an accompanying resolution that asked Congress to send the Constitution to the states for ratification. That resolution is often overlooked, but it’s the legal handshake that started the whole ratification circus. Without it, the Constitution would have just been a nice piece of parchment gathering dust in a drawer.

And get this: the official copy they signed is stored at the National Archives in a special case filled with argon gas to prevent decay. Because even the most important document in American history needs climate control. (Priorities, people.)

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