Maryland Ratifying Convention

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The Maryland Ratifying Convention was the 1788 state assembly that debated and ultimately approved the United States Constitution on behalf of Maryland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in 1788 in the United States ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
state ratifying convention ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Maryland ⓘ
appliesToPart State of Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Maryland
approvedDocument United States Constitution ⓘ
chronologyWithinSeries one of the thirteen state ratifying conventions ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
describedBySource histories of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
records of the Maryland state archives ⓘ
determines whether Maryland would ratify the United States Constitution ⓘ
follows Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
drafting of the United States Constitution ⓘ
hasEffect made Maryland one of the original states under the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasLegalStatus authorized assembly under Maryland law ⓘ
hasOutcome ratification of the United States Constitution by Maryland ⓘ
hasPurpose to consider ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
legislativeBody convention of delegates ⓘ
location Baltimore, Maryland ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
partOf ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
pointInTime 1788 ⓘ
result Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution (widely cited ordering) ⓘ
significantEvent Maryland’s decision to join the federal union under the Constitution ⓘ
significantParticipant Anti-Federalists in Maryland ⓘ
Federalists in Maryland ⓘ
temporalCoverage April 1788 ⓘ
topic Maryland political history ⓘ
United States constitutional history ⓘ
state ratification debates ⓘ

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Luther Martin → participantIn → Maryland Ratifying Convention ⓘ
Virginia Ratifying Convention → follows → Maryland Ratifying Convention ⓘ
Province of Maryland → revolutionaryBody → Maryland Convention ⓘ
linked to: Maryland Ratifying Convention
Massachusetts ratifying convention → followedBy → Maryland ratifying convention ⓘ
linked to: Maryland Ratifying Convention