the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention
GPTKB entity
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:event
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| gptkbp:ends_at |
February 1788
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| gptkbp:followed_by |
gptkb:the_New_Hampshire_Ratifying_Convention
|
| gptkbp:governed_by |
gptkb:Governor_James_Bowdoin
|
| gptkbp:held_in |
June 1788
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| gptkbp:historical_debate |
gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:legislation gptkb:historical_event gptkb:political_organization gptkb:public_opinion gptkb:Constitution gptkb:national_defense gptkb:organization political stability cultural values national unity slavery civic responsibility government accountability constitutional law individual rights judicial review civil liberties historical precedents democratic principles legislative authority judicial power federal authority foreign affairs state sovereignty amendment process executive power representation in Congress electoral process political factions popular sovereignty social contract theory executive authority government functions state rights ratification process taxation powers checks on power commerce regulation militia powers |
| gptkbp:historical_significance |
first state convention to propose amendments
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention
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| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:Federalist_Papers
Anti-Federalist arguments |
| gptkbp:is_a_document_that |
ratification document
|
| gptkbp:is_attended_by |
delegates
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Massachusetts
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| gptkbp:notable_person |
gptkb:Elbridge_Gerry
gptkb:Samuel_Adams gptkb:John_Hancock |
| gptkbp:outcome |
ratification of the Constitution
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| gptkbp:preceded_by |
the Philadelphia Convention
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| gptkbp:purpose |
ratify the United States Constitution
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| gptkbp:related_to |
gptkb:Constitution
U. S. history |
| gptkbp:resulted_in |
compromise on ratification terms
Massachusetts becoming the sixth state to ratify the Constitution |
| gptkbp:significant_event |
debate over the Constitution
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| gptkbp:subject |
gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:checks_and_balances separation of powers |
| gptkbp:takes_place_in |
1788
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:the_Virginia_Ratifying_Convention
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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