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Ratification- to approve
Sept 17, 1787- Constitution Day

Federalists- Supported The Constitution
-led by James Madison
-James Wilson
-John Jay
-George Read
-Alexander Hamilton
-Roger Sherman
-Rufus King
-Washington

Anti-federalists- Did not support The Constitution
-George Mason
-Patrick Henry
-Richard Henry Lee
-George Clifton
-Samuel Adams
-Elbridge Gerry
-Robert Yates
-Melacton Smith

"The Federalist Papers" - Written by three men; purpose was to make you support The Constitution.

The Constitution says that 9 states must ratify a new "law" (The Constitution) in order for it to go into effect. 1st state Delaware, 9th state New Hampshire, 13th Rhode Island.

Who attended The Constitutional Convention: * symbolizes who did NOT sign it
Connecticut
Ellsworth (Elsworth), Oliver*
Johnson, William S.
Sherman, Roger Delaware
Bassett (Basset), Richard
Bedford, Gunning, Jr.
Broom, Jacob
Dickinson, John
Read, George Georgia
Baldwin, Abraham
Few, William
Houstoun, William*
Pierce, William L.* Maryland
Carroll, Daniel
Jenifer, Daniel of St. Thomas
Martin, Luther*
McHenry, James
Mercer, John F.* Massachusetts
Gerry, Elbridge*
Gorham, Nathaniel
King, Rufus
Strong, Caleb* New Hampshire
Gilman, Nicholas
Langdon, John New Jersey
Brearly (Brearley), David
Dayton, Jonathan
Houston, William C.*
Livingston, William
Paterson (Patterson), William New York
Hamilton, Alexander
Lansing, John, Jr.*
Yates, Robert * North Carolina
Blount, William
Davie, William R.*
Martin, Alexander *
Spaight, Richard D.
Williamson, Hugh Pennsylvania
Clymer, George
Fitzsimons, Thomas
Franklin, Benjamin
Ingersoll, Jared
Mifflin, Thomas
Morris, Gouverneur
Morris, Robert
Wilson, James South Carolina
Butler, Pierce
Pinckney, Charles
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth
Rutledge, John Rhode Island
Rhode Island did not send any delegates to the Constitutional Convention. Virginia
Blair, John
Madison, James
Mason, George *
McClurg, James*
Randolph, Edmund J.*
Washington, George
Wythe, George*