RATIFICATION DEBATES:
Immediately following the Constitutional Convention the delegates to Philadelphia brought the newly crafted Constitution to their home states for ratification (or approval). Most states held special ratification conventions, with elected officials representing counties or regions throughout the state. The New York ratifying convention was held in the city of Poughkeepsie.
While many of the smaller states quickly ratified the new Constitution, the debate in the two largest and most important states, New York and Virginia, raged on for months. The debate in New York was particularly divisive. The Constitutional supporters, the Federalists, took the debate into the public forum of the press, publishing a series of pro-ratification essays collectively known as the Federalist Papers. While the Federalist Papers were simply signed "Publius" they were the work of Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay and they still stand today as some of the greatest commentary on the meaning and intent of the Constitution's chief authors.
The Anti-Federalist opposition to ratification was strong and while all of the states eventually accepted the new government, states such as Virginia and Massachusetts did so only after attaching recommendations concerning the addition of a Bill of Rights. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution were added soon after ratification and became the U.S. Bill of Rights and stand as the Anti-Federalists greatest contribution to the Constitution they so opposed.
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2 comments:
Hi my name is Natalie Slavova and I am here to tell you why every one needs or should ratify the constitution . The constitution protects peoples rights and the three types of branches will help make the nation stronger and no one will be over using their powers. The government wants s what’s best for the propel and the constitution is something that they are sure is best for every one. By you agreeing and ratifying the constitution you are promised the best and you can trust the government and what they are saying.so pleace help the nation and rattfy the constitution
natalie s 903
#1 i do not think that the death penalty should be used on people under 18,because if some one thats under the age of 18 and did something so bad that the court thinks they need to die they should place them in jail and let that person live in pain and pay for what they did not die and not learn from there mistake.
2 i do not think that people should be able to buy assault weapons, like machine guns because theres no point to them having guns if any one needs to be using a gun is the police or the army even if you are using it to protect your self i do not think you need that kid of protection.
3i strongly agree that the police should be allowed to search people's bags in subway stations to prevent terrorism. but then again i think their should be a line with that and you cant just do it to every one but only people that you think and you think look suspicious and i think that the police can search them but do it in a nice way and not treat the people like criminals.
4i think that schools should not have the right to punish students for behavior that happens outside of school because its not there Business what Happens outside of school is something that the parents of the child should worry about. schools need to let kids do whatever they want after school as long as they are not on school propriety and they are not in dangering any one that works with the school. but beyond that i think schools need to let kids do things on there own and not get in the middle of what Happens out side of school,
natalie slavova 903
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