Ratification Flashcards
Charles Pinckney slavery
South Carolina
If failed to prevent emancipation of elves and taxation his state wouldn’t ratify
What percentage of the sc pop are salves
42%
What do federalists want?
Favoured constitution
No bill of rights
Strong central gov and weak state govs
What did the anti federalists/ democratic republicans want?
Power in the states not central gov
Bill of rights
Largely from rural areas
Favoured AOC
Approximately how many newspapers are anti federalist
5/100 major newspapers
Why was anti federalist campaign difficult to organise?
Mainly isolated small farm support
How was it ratified? Delaware New Jersey Georgia Pennsylvania and Connecticut
Ratification easily achieved the Federalist cause the built-up early momentum
How was it ratified? Massachusetts
Samuel Adams and John Hancock or anti-Federalist.
Pressure for federalism at January 1788 convention
Both are persuaded with the consideration of the Bill of Rights
How was it ratified? Maryland South Carolina and New Hampshire- DRUNK
New Hampshire was the 9th to ratify in June- NH convention ratified When federalists have got their opponents drunk enough to miss the session
What was the problem once 9 had ratified
Without Viginia New York it couldn’t succeed
How was it ratified? Virginia
Evenly balanced
Commercial tidewater counties are Federalist
How was it ratified? New York
Federalist papers perhaps have a less significant influence
The influence is Virginias ratification
Federalist success
Better organisation big names newspapers lack of unity with antifederalists and the Bill of Rights concession
What states were still aloof
North Carolina and Rhode Island
