Objectives
- Order 1775, 1776, 1787, and 1791
- Name what Article V requires
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Lesson
On 14 June 1775 Congress resolved to raise ten companies of riflemen; the Army counts this as its birthday. That was more than a year before the Declaration of Independence on 4 July 1776. The Constitution followed in 1787 and the Bill of Rights was ratified on 15 December 1791.
These are not museum pieces. Article V still requires proposal by two-thirds and ratification by three-fourths of the states. The Tenth Amendment still reserves undelegated powers to the states or the people.