An American history . a, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina,New Hampshire; and the Constitution thereupon became thesupreme law for those states. Virginia and New York followed The Constitution 171 soon, ratifying by very narrow margins after bitter strugglesin their conventions. Nortii Carolina did not come under thefederal roof until November, 1789, after Washington hadbeen President for over six months. Rhode Island did noteven send any delegates to the Constitutional Convention, anddid not call any convention in the state to consider ratifyingthe Constitution, until the n
An American history . a, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina,New Hampshire; and the Constitution thereupon became thesupreme law for those states. Virginia and New York followed The Constitution 171 soon, ratifying by very narrow margins after bitter strugglesin their conventions. Nortii Carolina did not come under thefederal roof until November, 1789, after Washington hadbeen President for over six months. Rhode Island did noteven send any delegates to the Constitutional Convention, anddid not call any convention in the state to consider ratifyingthe Constitution, until the new Congress threatened to treat thestate as a foreign nation and levy tariff duties on her commercewith the other states. Then she came to terms and entered theUnion, May 29, 1790. The Ninth TILLAR ereded ! The Ratification of the Conventions of nine Stales, (hall befuffitient forthe«ttaUli( of this Conflitution, hetween-the States^ lo ratifying the fame. Art-w. INCIPIENT HJGNIFROCEDERS MENSES. g^IfitUnottiprf. The Attr^clioQ mufrbe irrefiflillje The Progress of RatificationFrom an Old Chronicle Some of the states (Delaware, New Jersey, Georgia) rati- 217. Hardfied the Constitution unanimously, but in others (Massachu- ratificationsetts, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York) there was a severestruggle. A change of 10 votes in the Massachusetts conven-tion of 355 members, or of 6 votes in the Virginia conven-tion of 168, or of 2 votes in the New York convention of57 would have defeated the Constitution in these states. InPennsylvania it seemed as though the days of the StampAct had returned. There was rioting and burning in effigy,and a war of brickbats as well as of pamphlets. The narrowvictory in New York was won only through the tireless advo-cacy of Alexander Hamilton, who loyally supported the Consti-tution, although, as we have seen, it did not satisfy him in 1/2 The New Republic some important respects. He made the campaign one ofsplendid political education through t
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