D. The Constitution goes into effect
When the Constitutional Convention
met for the first time with a quorum at the Pennsylvania
State House in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation on May 25, 1787
the drafting of the Constitution began and was
ended on the 17th day of September 1787. Then the ratification process
for the Constitution were followed and began that day and ended when the final
state, Rhode Island,
ratified it on May 29, 1790. The time span covered until it goes into effect is
5 years and 9 months from March 25, 1785 to January 10, 1791.
