As a result of the adoption of the Bill of Rights, the wavering states soon came to the support of the Constitution, which was finally adopted June 21, 1788. The Congress of the Confederation arranged for the first presidential election, declared the new government would begin on March 4, 1789, and quietly expired.
the Nuremberg War Crimes trials established the international legal precedent that individuals who violate human rights can be held responsible for their actions.
