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* '''Notes on formatting of the Study Guide''': | * '''Notes on formatting of the Study Guide''': | ||
**<span style="background-color:#f2f2f2">[bracketed]</span> sections have been changed by subsequent Constitutional amendment | **<span style="background-color:#f2f2f2">[bracketed]</span> sections have been changed by subsequent Constitutional amendment | ||
** i.e., original text was changed by later amendments | ** i.e., original text was changed by later amendments | ||
** (parenthetical titles or notes) are not from the text of the Constitution | ** (parenthetical titles or notes) are not from the text of the Constitution | ||
** scroll your browser up/ down if the hover box text is cut off, which depends on your browser position on the page | ** scroll your browser up/ down if the hover box text is cut off, which depends on your browser position on the page | ||
** (parenthetical) information here is not in the original text | ** (parenthetical) information here is not in the original text | ||
** note that the table of contents entries are hyperlinks and therefore are underlined by default | ** note that the table of contents entries are hyperlinks and therefore are underlined by default | ||
* <big>The following is the text of the '''{{#tip-text: Constitution|a constitution = | * <big>The following is the text of the '''{{#tip-text: Constitution|a constitution = | ||
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- the U.S. Constitution was adopted by the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and went into effect once it was ratified by nine of the thirteen original states. | - the U.S. Constitution was adopted by the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and went into effect once it was ratified by nine of the thirteen original states. | ||
- the new government it formed was opened on March 4, 1789}}''' of the United States</big> | - the new government it formed was opened on March 4, 1789}}''' of the United States</big> | ||
* as per "Article 7.", upon ratification by the ninth state, the Constitution was to go into effect | * as per "Article 7.", upon ratification by the ninth state, the Constitution was to go into effect | ||
* New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it on June 21, 1788 | * New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it on June 21, 1788 |