Ratification of the United States Constitution

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
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gptkbp:completed gptkb:New_Hampshire
gptkbp:controversy gptkb:New_York
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkb:Virginia
gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkb:Rhode_Island
gptkbp:documentedIn the Federalist Papers
gptkbp:established a system of checks and balances
gptkbp:facilitates the promise of amendments
gptkbp:finish June 21, 1788
gptkbp:historicalEvent shaped_the_future_of_the_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ratification of the United States Constitution
gptkbp:includes state conventions
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Shays'_Rebellion
The Federalist Papers
economic instability
the Enlightenment ideas
the need for unity among states
gptkbp:involved the thirteen original states
gptkbp:is_a years of political debate
gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for American_governance
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of public debate
gptkbp:is_involved_in large and small states
gptkbp:is_part_of the_larger_process_of_American_independence
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:James_Madison
Federalists
gptkbp:keyEvent gptkb:the_United_States
American_history
the_evolution_of_American_law
gptkbp:led_to the formation of the federal government
gptkbp:notable_event the_United_States_Constitution.
gptkbp:occursIn 1788
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Patrick_Henry
Anti-Federalists
gptkbp:requires nine states to become effective
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:the_Bill_of_Rights
gptkbp:significance established_the_Constitution_as_the_supreme_law_of_the_land
gptkbp:significantEvent the_development_of_democracy_in_America
gptkbp:was_a_factor_in state legislatures
the establishment of federalism
gptkbp:was_a_response_to the need for a stronger national government
foreign threats to the nation
the_weaknesses_of_the_Articles_of_Confederation
gptkbp:was_a_result_of gptkb:the_Constitutional_Convention_of_1787
gptkbp:was_marked_by gptkb:delegates_at_the_Constitutional_Convention
intense political campaigning