Ratification of the Constitution
Roll Call: Something that you
have learned about 1.4-1.6. NO
REPEATS!
Mental
Floss
2/5/16
Objective:
1.8 To identify
the
compromises
that led to
ratification of
the
Constitution
Vocab:
– Ratify
Mental Floss:
1. What are two
major
differences
between the
Anti-federalists
and the
Federalists?
2. Which
amendment in
the Bill of Rights
is the most
important and
why?
Answers
1. What are two major differences between
the Anti-federalists and the Federalists?
2. Which amendment in the Bill of Rights is
the most important and why?
1.4-1.6 Quiz – 5 Minutes to
Study
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Constitutional Compromises
1.4-1.6 Quiz
• Have a question? Ask a question!
• Write in ALL CAPS for the multiple choice
questions
• When you are finished, complete the
Federalists/Anti-federalists sheet AND the
Matching Bill of Rights sheet
Primary Document Debunk
• Take out your Federalist Papers reading
1. "America united with a handful of troops, or
without a single soldier, exhibits a more forbidding
posture to foreign ambition than America disunited,
with a hundred thousand veterans ready for combat."
-- Federalist Papers, No. 14
• What is the author’s main point?
• What fear about the new Constitutional
government are they trying to address?
2. "Stability in government is essential to national
character and to the advantages annexed to it, as
well as to that repose and confidence in the minds of
the people, which are among the chief blessings of
civil society." -- Federalist Papers, No. 37
• What is the author’s main point?
• What fear about the new Constitutional
government are they trying to address?
3. “The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal
Government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State
Governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised
principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign
commerce; with which last the power of taxation will for the most part be
connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the
objects, which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and
properties of the people; and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of
the State.”-- The Federalist No. 45
• What is the author’s main point?
• What fear about the new Constitutional government are they trying to
address?
• “The accumulation of all powers legislative,
executive and judiciary in the same hands,
whether of one, a few or many, and whether
hereditary, self appointed or elective, may justly
be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” -The Federalist No. 47
• What is the author’s main point?
• What fear about the new Constitutional
government are they trying to address?
• “But what is government but the greatest of all reflections on
human nature? If men were angels, no government would be
necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external
nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In
framing a government which is to be administered by men
over men, the great difficulty lies in this: You must first
enable the government to control the governed; and in the
next place, oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the
people is no doubt the primary control on the government;
but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary
precautions.” – The Federalist No. 51
• What is the author’s main point?
• What fear about the new Constitutional government are
they trying to address?
• “If mankind were to resolve to agree in no
institution of government, until every part of it
had been adjusted to the most exact standard
of perfection, society would soon become a
general scene of anarchy, and the world a
desert.” --Federalist No. 65
• What is the author’s main point?
• What fear about the new Constitutional
government are they trying to address?
HONORS
• Federalist #10 or #51
• Due on Monday – These can be found
anywhere online
Ratification of the Constitution
Date
State
1
December 7, 1787
2
Votes
Yes
No
Delaware
30
0
December 12, 1787
Pennsylvania
46
23
3
December 18, 1787
New Jersey
38
0
4
January 2, 1788
Georgia
26
0
5
January 9, 1788
Connecticut
128
40
6
February 6, 1788
Massachusetts
187
168
7
April 28, 1788
Maryland
63
11
8
May 23, 1788
South Carolina
149
73
9
June 21, 1788
New Hampshire
57
47
10
June 25, 1788
Virginia
89
79
11
July 26, 1788
New York
30
27
12
November 21, 1789
North Carolina
194
77
13
May 29, 1790
Rhode Island
34
32
Which state
was the 9th
pillar?
You said
what?
Beginning
a large
forward
month
Now It’s your Turn!!!
• Grab your ratification handout and answer
the questions on the back.
Standard
1. What does each of the pillars
represent?
2. What is the significance to the order of
the pillars?
3. List five things that the poem predicts
will happen if all 13 pillars are erected?
4. Is the cartoonist in favor or against
ratification of the Constitution? Explain your
answer.
5. Which two states had the closest vote on
ratification?
6. Which three states ratified the Constitution
by unanimous vote?
7. How many states did it take for the
ratification of the Constitution?
Honors
1. What does each of the pillars
represent?
2. What is the significance to the order of
the pillars?
3.
Explain how the cartoon uses metaphor.
4.
Who is Columbia?
5.
What is Saturnian Age?
6. List five things that the poem predicts will
happen if all 13 pillars are erected?
7. Is the cartoonist in favor or against
ratification of the Constitution? Explain your
answer.
8. Which two states had the closest vote on
ratification?
9. Which three states ratified the Constitution
by unanimous vote?
10. How many states did it take for the
ratification of the Constitution?