MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NEW US GOVERNMENT
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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James Madison
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Patrick Henry
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Although Patrick Henry, Melancton Smith, and others eventually came out publicly against the ratification of the Constitution, the majority of the Anti-Federalists advocated their position under pseudonyms.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Anti-federalists were lead mainly by Patrick Henry, James Winthrop, Melancton Smith, and George Mason. Patrick Henry was the foremost leader of the Anti-federalists. Born on May 29, 1736, in Hanover County, Virginia, he quickly rose to fame.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Anti-Federalists opposed the new Constitution. The Anti-Federalist camp included its own list of Founding-era heavyweights-including Virginia’s George Mason, Patrick Henry, and Richard Henry Lee; Massachusetts’s Samuel Adams, Elbridge Gerry, and Mercy Otis Warren; and New York’s powerful Governor George Clinton.