The New York State Constitution adopted in 1777, was important because?.?
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It was among the earliest state constitutions.  Actually, it was written before the Constitution of the United States (1787).
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Neither.\n\nThe genius of the founding fathers of the United States was not that they knew everything, but that they understood that they could not know everything. With that humble attitude, they included in the Constitution a feature which allows future generations to update the Constitution to fit the changing times.\n\nLook at all the amendments which have been added to the Constitution. Every amendment is a slight change to the Constitution to keep it updated with the times. \n\nThe 18th and 21st amendments are a perfect example. The 18th amendment was the prohibition of alcohol because people at that time thought that alcohol would destroy the country.\n\nWhen the people finally realized that the prohibition of alcohol gave rise to an even greater threat (gangsters like Al Capone), they decided to undo the 18th amendment with the 21st amendment. That's the Constitution changing with the times.
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George Washington was elected as President on April 6, 1789 in a unanimous decision by the 69 delegates at then capital city of the United States - New York City (see: http://www.cyberlearning-world.com/nhhs/amrev/geowash.htm ).  He took the oath of office on April 30, 1789.  \n\nI hope this and the website I posted help you!!!
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How about being the first state to ratify the Constitution?
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Treaty of Paris, 1783 \nArticles of Confederation, 1787\nU.S. Constitution, 1789\nBill of Rights, 1789, but after the text of the Constitution to make the document more palatable to the states
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actually it was august 2nd 1776. it was adopted by congress on july 4th but most of the delegates didnt sign it until august 2nd
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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Hope this helps.\n\nNEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTION \nARTICLE XIX\n\nAmendments to Constitution\nSection 1. Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be\nproposed in the senate and assembly whereupon such amendment or amend-\nments shall be referred to the attorney-general whose duty it shall be\nwithin twenty days thereafter to render an opinion in writing to the\nsenate and assembly as to the effect of such amendment or amendments\nupon other provisions of the constitution. Upon receiving such opinion,\nif the amendment or amendments as proposed or as amended shall be agreed\nto by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such\nproposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, and\nthe ayes and noes taken thereon, and referred to the next regular legis-\nlative session convening after the succeeding general election of\nmembers of the assembly, and shall be published for three months previ-\nous to the time of making such choice; and if in such legislative\nsession, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a\nmajority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the\nduty of the legislature to submit each proposed amendment or amendments\nto the people for approval in such manner and at such times as the\nlegislature shall prescribe; and if the people shall approve and ratify\nsuch amendment or amendments by a majority of the electors voting there-\non, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of the constitution\non the first day of January next after such approval. Neither the fail-\nure of the attorney-general to render an opinion concerning such a\nproposed amendment nor his or her failure to do so timely shall affect\nth* validity of such proposed amendment or legislative action thereon.\n*So in original. ("th" should be "the".)\n\nS 2. At the general election to be held in the year nineteen hundred\nfifty-seven, and every twentieth year thereafter, and also at such times\nas the legislature may by law provide, the question "Shall there be a\nconvention to revise the constitution and amend the same?" shall be\nsubmitted to and decided by the electors of the state; and in case a\nmajority of the electors voting thereon shall decide in favor of a\nconvention for such purpose, the electors of every senate district of\nthe state, as then organized, shall elect three delegates at the next\nensuing general election, and the electors of the state voting at the\nsame election shall elect fifteen delegates-at-large. The delegates so\nelected shall convene at the capitol on the first Tuesday of April next\nensuing after their election, and shall continue their session until the\nbusiness of such convention shall have been completed. Every delegate\nshall receive for his or her services the same compensation as shall\nthen be annually payable to the members of the assembly and be reim-\nbursed for actual traveling expenses, while the convention is in\nsession, to the extent that a member of the assembly would then be enti-\ntled thereto in the case of a session of the legislature. A majority of\nthe convention shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi-\nness, and no amendment to the constitution shall be submitted for\napproval to the electors as hereinafter provided, unless by the assent\nof a majority of all the delegates elected to the convention, the ayes\nand noes being entered on the journal to be kept. The convention shall\nhave the power to appoint such officers, employees and assistants as it\nmay deem necessary, and fix their compensation and to provide for the\nprinting of its documents, journal, proceedings and other expenses of\nsaid convention. The convention shall determine the rules of its own\nproceedings, choose its own officers, and be the judge of the election,\nreturns and qualifications of its members. In case of a vacancy, by\ndeath, resignation or other cause, of any district dele
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Try this site: \nhttp://www.constitution.org/bcp/albany.htm\nIt wasn't very difficult to read only a couple of paragraphs bascially it was an agreement in 1754 to help the colonists and the Indians. It  was drafted by Benjamin Franklin during the French and Indian wars.
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The Constitution and the Idea of Compromise\n\nhttp://www.pbs.org/georgewashington/classroom/index3.html\n\nThe Constitution of the United States\n\nhttp://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html\n\nhttp://www.awerty.addr.com/cons2.html\n\nhttp://www.usconstitution.net/constquick.html\n\nPREAMBLE\n\nWe, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.\n\nConstitution of the United States.\n\nhttp://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html\n\nThe U.S. Constitution is the oldest constitution still in effect in the world. Test your knowledge of this important document.\n\nhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution/quiz/\n\nhttp://www.infoplease.com/spot/usconstitutionquizzes.html\n\nhttp://www.expertrating.com/quizzes/us-constitution-quiz.asp\n\nStudy Tool for the Constitution\n\nhttp://home.att.net/~standardsalert_topics/Const_Study_Tool_to_Amendment_XXVII.htm#_The_Constitution,_with\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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The Revolutionary War started in 1765 and ended in 1777.
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The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, commonly known as the Articles of Confederation, was the first governing document of the United States of America. It was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, after months of debate. It served as a non-binding plan of government until finally ratified into law on March 1, 1781 in York, Pennsylvania.\n\nThe Articles united the new thirteen American states into a loose confederation, a nation capable of making war, negotiating diplomatic agreements, and resolving issues regarding the western territories, but little more. It was initially intended only as a weak national government designed to manage an emergency, and as such, following the conclusion of the War and the onset of new priorities, its many conspicuous inadequacies became glaringly obvious. It was replaced by the much stronger United States Constitution upon its ratification on June 21, 1788.
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Constitutional Change... Change in the form of government...
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Try this site:\n\nhttp://www.usconstitution.net/\n\nIt has all kind of information on the Constitution.
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Virginia is one of the original 13 states, approving the Constitution on June 25, 1788.
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Well, each state had to ratify the Constitution before it became effective. So, the debates in each state determined whether the state supported it or not.\n\nSurely, you're looking for something more specific than that.
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To the US Constitution? 27 amendments have been ratified \n\nThe 27th Amendment was proposed back in the 1780s but only ratified in 1992.