New Jersey Convention

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical event
gptkbp:attendance delegates_from_New_Jersey
gptkbp:completed December 28, 1787
gptkbp:controversy state sovereignty
federal power
representation_in_Congress
gptkbp:date December 18, 1787
gptkbp:followedBy ratification by other states
gptkbp:heldIn gptkb:New_Jersey
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Jonathan_Dayton
gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton
gptkb:Richard_Bassett
gptkb:Elias_Boudinot
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:John_Jay
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Richard_Stockton
gptkb:Robert_Morris
gptkb:William_Paterson
gptkb:James_Madison
gptkb:Francis_Hopkinson
gptkb:William_Livingston
gptkb:Joseph_Bloomfield
gptkb:John_Witherspoon
gptkb:John_Hart
gptkb:George_Clymer
gptkb:Philip_Schuyler
gptkb:David_Brearley
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:post-Revolutionary_War_America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label New Jersey Convention
gptkbp:impact shaped_the_future_of_federalism_in_the_U.S.
gptkbp:influenced New Jersey Plan
Virginia Plan
gptkbp:location gptkb:Trenton,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:notableFeature establishment of a federal government
influence on future state conventions
set a precedent for state ratification conventions
increased_political_participation_in_New_Jersey
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Jonathan_Dayton
gptkb:William_Paterson
gptkbp:outcome ratification_of_the_Constitution
gptkbp:precededBy Constitutional Convention of 1787
gptkbp:produces ratification document
gptkbp:purpose to_ratify_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:U.S._Constitution
gptkb:Bill_of_Rights
Federalist Papers
Anti-Federalist movement
Federalist_movement
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Philadelphia_Convention
gptkbp:result New_Jersey_became_the_third_state_to_ratify_the_Constitution
gptkbp:significance first state to ratify the Constitution after Delaware
part_of_the_larger_process_of_Constitution_ratification
gptkbp:type state convention
gptkbp:year 1787