Founding Fathers of the United States active clergyman to sign the Declaration. He also signed the Articles of Confederation and attended the New Jersey (1787) convention that ratified the Federal Constitution. The newly founded country of the United States had to create a new government to replace the British Parliament. The U.S. adopted the Articles of Confederation, a declaration that established a national government with a one-house legislature. Its ratification by all thirteen colonies gave the second Congress a new name: the Congress of the Confederation, which met from 1781 to 1789. The Constitutional Convention took place during the summer of 1787, in Philadelphia. Although the
Delaware Constitution of 1776 were to be elected. The General Assembly was to meet October 28, 1776 and continue in office until October 1, 1777. Subsequent elections were to take place annually on the first of October, with the General General Assembly meeting the twentieth of October. No armed persons or militia were allowed within one mile of polling places within a day of elections. Delaware Constitution of 1776 The Delaware Constitution of 1776 was the first governing document for Delaware state government and was in effect from its adoption in September 1776 until its replacement by the 1792 constitution. On June 15, 1776,