Ratification Of The Constitution
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The United States faced foreign problems, economic weakness, and interstate quarrels
during the period from 1781 to 1787 due to the ineffectiveness of the Articles of
Confederation. As a result, George Washington hosted a conference in his home which led
to the Annapolis Convention, in which the concurrent problems facing the U.S. were to be
discussed. James Madison and Alexander Hamilton then persuaded others to hold a
convention in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787. The purpose of this convention was to
revise the Articles of Confederation, but eventually led to an entirely new document being
drafted. This document, known as the Constitution, was submitted for ratification by the
states on September 17, 1787. Fierce debates arose between the Federalists and the
Anti-Federalists, and the ratification initially seemed improbable. Then The Federalist
Papers were published and a compromise on the Bill of Rights was made, leading to the
adoption of the Constitution.
The Federalists supported a strong central government and therefore supported the
Constitution, while the Anti-Federalists advocated a weak central government and
disapproved of the Constitution...