Ratification- To approve or confirm.
Most states accepted ratification fairly easily, even though it instituted important changes. Numbers above.
Close contests came in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York and Virginia.
New York was complex because it had been in resistance of independence throughout the Revolutionary War. The Federalists in New York had the advantage of the fact that many states had already ratified and they had Alexander Hamilton with Jay and Madison writing the Federalist Papers.
Ratification Period lasted from 1787-1790.
Most states accepted ratification fairly easily, even though it instituted important changes. Numbers above.
Close contests came in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York and Virginia.
New York was complex because it had been in resistance of independence throughout the Revolutionary War. The Federalists in New York had the advantage of the fact that many states had already ratified and they had Alexander Hamilton with Jay and Madison writing the Federalist Papers.
Ratification Period lasted from 1787-1790.