1. Today’s Essential Question
Should the Constitution be ratified?
Why or why not?

2. The Constitution Gets Ratified
Federalists Vs. Anti-Federalists

4. Ratification
9 of the 13 states had to approve before the Constitution could be ratified.
13 Delegates left Philadelphia before the Constitution was finished and they did not sign.
3 others refused to sign stating that it gave the national government too much power. (Edmund Randolph, George Mason, and Elbridge Gerry)

5. Bill of Rights
The Anti-Federalists demanded that a list of rights be added to the Constitution
The first 10 Amendments were immediately added and are known as the “Bill of Rights”

6. In-Class Writing: Should the Constitution be ratified?