Ratification of the Constitution
Ratifying the Constitution was extremely hard to do because congress had to get nine out of thirteen states to approve it. There were two sides to the process. One where the Federalists who were for the Constitution and the others were the Anti- Federalists who were against the Constitution. The whole process of ratifying the Constitution began in the year 1787 and ended in 1789,lasting two years.
The Federalists supported the Constitution because they wanted less democracy and a strong federal government. They also said that the states were lower in value than the central government. The Anti- Federalists opposed the Constitution because they felt it gave too much power to the federal government and not enough to the people. They also wanted to make sure that the Bill of Rights were included where the Federalists disagreed and thought they should be left out.
In conclusion, the Federalists won and ratified the Constitution to what they believed was right but the Anti Federalists were allowed to put the Bill of Rights into the Constitution.
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