MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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The Constitution had to be ratified by all 13 states to become the law of the land.
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The United States would not be stable without the inclusion of these two large states.
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Most of the federalists were from one of those two states.
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The capital of the U.S was going to be located in one of those two states.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did New York, Virginia, North Carolina, and Rhode Island eventually ratify the Constitution? bill of rights was added which protected individual rights.
Detailed explanation-2: -I, Sec. 2, Cl. 3), the Framers believed that any combination of nine states would comprise a majority of American citizens. Even if the five most populous states all refused to ratify, the remaining nine still would represent a majority of the electorate.
Detailed explanation-3: -Delaware was the first State to ratify, on December 7, 1787. After New Hampshire became the ninth State to ratify, on June 22, 1788, the Confederation Congress established March 9, 1789 as the date to begin operating under the Constitution.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution because they feared that the new national government would be too powerful and thus threaten individual liberties, given the absence of a bill of rights.