chapter 2.5 chapter 2.5 Kendall Brady Jake Jernigan Dylan Petersen Jake Austen Daniela Jimenez
Fight for the ratification The articles of confederation stated the changes could be made to them only if all of the state legislatures agreed upon such act. When the new constitution was created it was intended to replace the articles but ended up only amending toward them. The framers noticed how crippling the unanimity requirement could be.
From the constituion “ the ratification of the conventions of nine states shall be sufficient for the establishment of this constitution between the states so ratifying the same ”-article VII. congress of the confedration agreed to do this irregular procedure. They finally sent copies to every state of the document in september 28,1787.
Federalist and anti federalist When the constitution was printed it was highly debated upon. Two groups formed, federalist and anti-federalist, the federalist favored ratification highly, but the anti-federalists opposed such a thing. The anti federalist found the entire document appalling mainling in the facts of absence of god, denial to print money and no bill of rights.
the first state to agree upon ratifying was Delaware and others soon followed until the federalist won the contest.
Ratifying the Constitution Out of all the states to ratify the constitution Delaware was the first. After New Hampshire joined the cause, the count was nine. Which according to Article VII should have made the Constitution law. Neither New York nor Virginia had ratified the document, without their votes, a new government would never last.
Virginia joins the cause! Virginia was only four days behind New Hampshire in ratifying the Constitution. Debates between James Madison accompanied by John Marshall and Patrick Henry with James Monroe proved to be a vital aspect of the ratification. George Washington also firmly supported the document. He and James Madison managed to convince Thomas Jefferson to support their cause.
New York, the last key state On July 26th, 1788, New York brought the number of states for the ratification of the Constitution to eleven. The vote was so narrow due to the two groups that opposed each other in the state of New York. Those two groups were the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. The Anti-Federalists were led by Governor George Clinton.
The Federalist The Federalist was a collection of 85 essays supporting the Constitution. The collection contained essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. However, all of the essays were signed by a pen name: Publius. 51 essays have been credited to Hamilton, 5 to Jay, and 29 to Madison. The essays were first published as letter to the people in various newspapers
Inaugurating the government On September 13, 1788 the Congress of the Confederation chose New York as the temporary capital. Congress chose the first Wednesday in January as the date that states would choose presidential electors; the first Wednesday in February as the date the electors would vote; and the first Wednesday in March as the date for the inauguration of the new government.
Government begins New Congress convened on March 4, 1789 in the Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City. However, due to a lack of majority, electoral votes could not be counted until April 6th. After the votes were counted it was found that George Washington had been elected the first President by the new Congress. John Adams was elected vice-president. On April 30th, George Washington took the Oath of Office.