As the state ratifying conventions continue results are not as predictable. A number of states like Massachusetts are closely divided; several had Anti-Federalist majorities. Rhode Island rejects the Constitution by popular referendum. What happens hinges on a decision in Massachusetts in January 1788 in which the Constitution is ratified with the assumption that there will be a Bill of Rights. Ratification by New Hampshire, Virginia and New York soon follow and the nation holds its collective breath to see if the design will actually work.

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Constitution, state ratifying conventions, close division, Massachusetts, Bill of Rights, ratification, Constitution: The Ratification Debate, The

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Bailyn, Ph.D., Bernard (Performer), author of Debate on the Constitution, (Performer), Professor Emeritus, Harvard University (Performer), author of Debate on the Constitution, (Performer), INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications (Firm)

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