HIS 2151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Henry Knox, Implied Powers, Whist

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Building a nation to 1800: the constitution to the era of good feelings. They set up a process where the constitution was to be ratified by special state conventions where three-fourths of the states are required for this ratification. Federalists and anti-federalists eventually morphed into political parties. They all wanted the national debt to be paid off, they were opposed to unstable currency, they didn"t favour uniform trade policy, and they wanted to protect state"s rights. Massachusetts approved the ratification, but it was a close vote of 187 to168 because of the strong agricultural community versus the strong federalist leaders. Maryland, south carolina, and new hampshire ratified it. October, 1787 may, 1788: new york had an anti-federalist majority in the convention, but. Convention, they outlined the compromise of federalism, they discussed how the. Constitution would energize the government without constraining state rights, and they demonstrated the deficiencies of the articles of confederation: new york eventually approved it 30 to 27.

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