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3 days ago · The United States Constitution has served as the supreme law of the United States since taking effect in 1789. The document was written at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention and was ratified through a series of state conventions held in 1787 and 1788. Since 1789, the Constitution has been amended twenty-seven times; particularly important ...
1 day ago · The Federalists opposed it on grounds that a list would necessarily be incomplete but would be taken as explicit and exhaustive, thus enlarging the power of the federal government by implication. The Anti-Federalists persisted, and several state ratification conventions refused to ratify the Constitution without a more specific list of ...
- September 17, 1787
- June 21, 1788
- March 4, 1789, (234 years ago)
- United States of America
1 day ago · Those who supported the Constitution were called Federalists, that included Madison. Throughout the United States, opponents of the Constitution, known as Anti-Federalists, began a public campaign against ratification.
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Monroe
May 13, 2024 · The Anti-Federalist Papers. Unlike the Federalist, the 85 articles written in opposition to the ratification of the 1787 United States Constitution were not a part of an organized program.
- Carolyn Zygmont
- 2020
1 day ago · Anti-Federalists Oppose Slavery Provisions in Constitution · SHEC: Resources for Teachers. Slavery was one of the most divisive issues in the debates over whether or not to ratify the Constitution.
5 days ago · Among those opposed to ratification were many small farmers in the North. As this letter written by "A Countryman from Dutchess County [upstate New York]" indicates, Anti-Federalists were concerned about provisions for the establishment of a "standing army" and the absence of a bill of rights.
4 days ago · The case began in 1970 when “Jane Roe”—a fictional name used to protect the identity of the plaintiff, Norma McCorvey (1947–2017)—instituted federal action against Henry Wade, the district attorney of Dallas county, Texas, where Roe resided.
