Ratifying+the+Constitution

With the final draft of the Constitution signed by a majority of the attending members at the Constitutional Convention, it was now time for the states to decide whether or not to ratify the Constitution and make it the new government of the land. As pleased as many of the members of the Constitutional Convention were with the new style of government they had created, there would still be many others in the nation who would look unfavorably upon it. Supporters of the Constitution published letters and books across the nation in an attempt to gain support the nation and unite the country under the Constitution.

=Objectives=

Ratifying the Constitution Immersion

 Patriot Act - Passed after 9/11 that gives the US government expanded powers

 **U.S. Bill of Rights ** - http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.billofrights.html  http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/government/billofrights.htm

=__**Homework**__ - Make a poster stating either your support or opposition to the Constitution.=


 * Federalist perspectives** should show how great the Constitution would be when ratified. The Constitution would fix many of the countries' problems that existed under the Articles of Confederation.


 * Antifederalist perspectives** should show how peoples' rights would be violated without a guarantee of rights included in the Constitution. Refer to the Bill of Rights (link above) to see examples of the rights antifederalists were afraid would be violated.