congress was the president when the bill of rights took effect.
congress was the president when the bill of rights took effect.
who was the president when the bill of rights took effect?
congress
by the end of july 1788, virginia and new york had ratified, bringing the total to 11, excluding only north carolina and rhode island and making universal ratification subject to adoption of a bill of rights virtually inevitable. the constitution took effect when the first congress convened on march 4, 1789. george washington was inaugurated as president in april. the first congress proposed the bill of rights in september, to be duly ratified by state legislatures and to take effect roughly two years later. in november, north carolina ratified the constitution. its u. s. senators were seated in january 1790, and its five u. s. representatives beginning in march.
country party (rhode island)
bullet::::- international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights (took effect in 1976, signed but not ratified)









































bullet::::- american convention on human rights (took effect in 1978)









































bullet::::- convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (took effect in 1981, signed but not ratified)









































bullet::::- convention on the rights of the child (took effect in 1990, signed but not ratified)









































bullet::::- united nations convention on the law of the sea (took effect in 1994)









































bullet::::- comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty (signed in 1996 but never ratified and never took effect)









































bullet::::- mine ban treaty (took effect in 1999)
foreign policy of the united states