These negotiations and the ratification of the treaty in January 1784 officially ended the American Revolutionary War. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States ... it had breathed its last on March 2, 1789, the day before the new Congress had been directed to assemble. Some scholars dispute the accuracy ...

Over the next month, Alexander Hamilton presented the convention with his case for ratification. Day after day, hour after hour, the eloquent attorney spoke, hammering away at the Anti-Federalists ...

It’s sheer politics, not law. Very briefly: In recent years, there has been an attempt to pretend that the ratification period somehow remains open and that recent state ratifications have ...

The debate regarding the ratification of the treaty polarized ... and William Jennings Bryan and leading intellectuals of the day, including Mark Twain, William James, and E.