Homework: Assignment 9 for Wednesday
Chapter 2 AP Government and Politics Political cartoon from the Boston Intependent Chronicle June 12, 1788 regarding Virginia's possible ratification of the Constitution
Document sent to states for ratification in fall of ‘87; ◦ Why call for ratifying conventions instead of using state legislatures? Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists ◦ Who were they, generally? ◦ Why was one group more successful than the other? The Federalist Papers ◦ Originally drafted to influence ratification debate in NY ◦ Authors:(Publius) Madison (26), Hamilton (51), John Jay (5) Have become THE SOURCE of information about the Constitution, the minds of the Framers and arguments about every nook and cranny of the Constitution Ratification in doubt without Bill of Rights; Federalists agree to propose in 1 st Congress
TABLE 2.2: What were the differences Between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists? 2.5
What conclusions can you draw from this chart?
The First 10 amendments to the Constitution Added in 1791, under the Constitutional process for amending ( 2/3rds of Congress, 3/4ths of state legislatures) Madison originally drafted and submitted 12 amendments to Congress; only 10 were proposed by Congress to the states ◦ One of the “lost” amendments became #27 *Interestingly, Madison was originally against the idea of a Bill of Rights for the national Constitution.
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