Ratification of the United States Constitution

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The Ratification of the United States Constitution was the late-18th-century process by which the newly drafted federal Constitution was debated in state conventions and formally adopted, replacing the Articles of Confederation and establishing the framework of the U.S. national government.

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instanceOf constitutional ratification process ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
associatedPoliticalWriting Anti-Federalist Papers ⓘ
The Federalist Papers ⓘ
consequence creation of a bicameral United States Congress ⓘ
creation of the office of President of the United States ⓘ
establishment of the United States Supreme Court ⓘ
constitutionalClause Article VII of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1790 ⓘ
firstStateRatificationDate 1787-12-07 ⓘ
firstStateToRatify Delaware ⓘ
followedBy implementation of the United States federal government under the Constitution ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early national period of United States history ⓘ
keyDebateTopic absence of a bill of rights ⓘ
relationship between federal and state governments ⓘ
representation in Congress ⓘ
scope of federal power ⓘ
lastOriginalStateRatificationDate 1790-05-29 ⓘ
lastOriginalStateToRatify Rhode Island ⓘ
legalDocumentRatified United States Constitution ⓘ
location Thirteen original states of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Thirteen Colonies
mainOrgan state ratifying conventions ⓘ
ninthStateRatificationDate 1788-06-21 ⓘ
ninthStateToRatify New Hampshire ⓘ
opposedBy Anti-Federalists ⓘ
partOf Constitutional history of the United States ⓘ
precededBy Articles of Confederation ⓘ
replaced Articles of Confederation ⓘ
requiredNumberOfStates 9 ⓘ
result establishment of a stronger federal government ⓘ
eventual adoption of the United States Bill of Rights ⓘ
replacement of the Articles of Confederation ⓘ
secondStateToRatify Pennsylvania ⓘ
significantEvent signing of the United States Constitution in Philadelphia ⓘ
significantEventDate 1787-09-17 ⓘ
startTime 1787 ⓘ
stateToRatify Connecticut ⓘ
Delaware ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
New Hampshire ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
New York ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
supportedBy Federalists ⓘ
thirdStateToRatify New Jersey ⓘ

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First Party System → relatedEvent → Ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Federal Farmer → historicalContext → U.S. Constitution ratification debates ⓘ
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Brutus V → historicalContext → United States constitutional ratification debates ⓘ
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Brutus IX → historicalContext → United States Constitutional Convention and ratification debates ⓘ
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Brutus IV → historicalContext → United States Constitution ratification debates ⓘ
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Brutus XXI → historicalContext → United States ratification debates ⓘ
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Brutus VII → historicalEvent → United States Constitution ratification debates ⓘ
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Agrippa essays → historicalEventContext → United States Constitution ratification debates ⓘ
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Brutus XXIII → historicalContext → United States Constitution ratification debates ⓘ
linked to: Ratification of the United States Constitution
Letters of Brutus → historicalContext → United States Constitution ratification debates ⓘ
linked to: Ratification of the United States Constitution