Show The Herald JournalCache Sunday October 1787 1788 When states ratified the Dei 18 from I he Mini ligr by Kelly IVhnam IW 12 1986 - 11 1'imrrsal I'irM 'vnJu‘il‘ 1787 Constitution and the final vote Delaware Pennsylvania New Jersey Georgia 1788 Connecticut Massachusetts 178 1790 May 2J 170 June 21 1788 34 to 32 South Carolina Maryland New York Virginia When New Hampshire ratified the Constitution it became the ninth state to do so That meant that the Constitution could go into effect in these nine states Virginia and New York were big important states They were needed if the country was to survive North Carolina Rhode Island did not ratify until the Bill of Rights was proposed in the did not ratify until it was threat- new Congress ened to be treated as a foreign country The Biggest Debates Were in Virginia and New York The chart above shows how close the vote was in many states especially Virginia and New Henry York In Virginia Patrick Henry led the battle against ratification In New York Gov George Clinton led the Anti-Federali- sts He wrote several newspaper articles against the Constitution under the name of Cato Mini Spy In answer to these letters three men John Jay Alexander Hamilton and James Madison wrote 85 letters to newspapers signing them all Publius At that time writing letters to newspapers and signing them with Roman names was popular The Federalist Papers These 85 letters are called The Federalist Papers They are considered the best place to look for ideas on what the writers of the Constitution had in mind During the time of the ratification of the Constitution people spun wool into yarn to make clothing See if you can find: carrot golf club thumbtack letter C spoon pitcher sailboat flute slice of pie moustache word MINI I Hamilton Alexander Hamilton of New York was the driving force behind the papers He wrote 51 of them John Jay an important New York lawyer was not a delegate to the convention He wrote five jay James Madison of Virginia is credited with 29 of these letters The Mini Page would like to thank Wynell Gray Buroughs and Leslie A Gray education specialists at the National Archives for help with this story Rookie Cookie’s Recipe Homemade Peanut Butter You'll need: 2 cups roasted unsalted peanuts 2 tablespoons vegetable oil salt to taste What to do: 1 Place ingredients in bleeder 2 Blend at medium speed until peanuts are ground Blend at high speed until peanut butter is creamy Makes almost one cup gaaiBBim |