The original US Constitution, including Article I, was created on 17 September 1787 and ratified 21 June 1788. So it officially took effect on 21 June 1788. Article I describes the legislative branch and its powers.
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Article 1
Article 1 is the longest article of the Constitution because it is the most important. This is what the U.S. government is a lot about: the Congress. The Congress has nearly all powers and to list them all, Article 1 has to quite long.
The Constitution itself was ratified in 1787. The Bill of Rights, the 1st ten amendments to the Constitution, was added to the Constitution in 1789.