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The Fight for Ratification: Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists and the Birth of the Constitution

Explore the tumultuous journey of ratifying the U.S. Constitution after the hot summer of 1787. As 39 signers endorsed the document, the debate heated up between Federalists, advocating for a strong federal government, and Anti-Federalists, concerned about increased power and the absence of a Bill of Rights. Key figures like Hamilton, Madison, Patrick Henry, and Jefferson shaped the discourse, with states like Virginia and New York playing critical roles. Learn how The Federalist Papers articulated the need for ratification, laying the foundation for modern American governance.

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The Fight for Ratification: Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists and the Birth of the Constitution

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  1. Ratifying the Constitution The Fight for Ratification

  2. What about unaniminity • 9 of 13 states needed to ratify Constitution now that the 39 signers had ratified the document after the long hot summer of 1787 • Tobacco, sweat, tempers, and stench!

  3. Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists • So, what are they and what do they want? • Federalists favored ratification; Hamilton and Madison. Proof in rotten pudding of AOC • Anti-Federalists were against ratification; Patrick Henry, Hancock, and Sam Adams • Anti-Feds didn’t like that it didn’t mention God. See I told you US history is a rerun.

  4. The Biggest Concerns to the Anti-Feds • Increased federal govt’s power • Lack of a Bill of Rights • “I look upon that paper as the most fatal plan that could possibly be conceived to enslave a free people.” Patrick Henry DE was 1st, NH 9th (why is that significant?) BUT, without NY and VA the government could not hope for validity! *side not, why were there so many revolutions between 17775 and 1825? Haiti, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Peru, Mexico, France, the US

  5. VA’s Ratification • Madison, Marshall vs Henry, Monroe • GW was strongly in favor of ratification, and he and Madison persuaded Jefferson • Jefferson was the swing vote, once the Feds had him, they had ratification • Boss!

  6. NY, the last piece of the puzzle • It was the ratification battle in this state that created the need for The Federalist! You need to know this. • 85 essays written by Hamilton and Madison that support and verify the need for a strong federal/central govt • First published in newspapers, then compiled in books, and you should read them, here are some famous quotes • Some of the best quotes from the Federalist Papers

  7. Inaugurating the Government • 9/13/1787 – The Congress of the Confederation prepared to make way for Congress, temporarily held in NY, and on the 1st Wednesday of January 1788, the States would nominate presidential candidates • 1st Wednesday of March 1788, the POTUS would take office. (Why’d the date of inauguration change from March to January in the early 1900s?) • On Wall Street in NYC, votes were counted, quorem (majority) held and GW was POTUS w/ John Adams as Vice President • ON 4/30/1788 – GW inaugurated in NYC as 1st POTUS

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