| Term | Definition |
|---|
| antifederalists | believed: the Constitution had gone too far in creating a government, Too much power had gone to the central government |
| antifederalist leaders | George Mason,Samuel Adams,Richard Henry Lee,Patrick Henry |
| federalists | believed: The Constitution needed compromise and it offered a good balence in power |
| federalist leaders | James Madison, George Washington, Benjamin Frankiln,Alexander Hamilton,John Jay,Paul Revere |
| Federalist Papers | The authors of the 85essays wrote under the penname of Publius. The authors were Alexander Hamilton (50) James Madison (30) John Jay. They stated that the fedral government would have no power over the states and no |
| ratification | The first state ratified the constitution on Dec. 7, 1787. They ratified the constitution in this order. Deleware, Penslyvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Conneticut,Massachusets, Maryland, S. Carolina, New Hampshire,(only needed 9 states to ratify) Virginia, NewYork, N. Carolina,Rhode Island. Ratified May 1790 |
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