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What were the effects of the ratification of the Constitution?
The effects of the Constitution produced a government with three equal branches–legislative, executive, and judicial. The Articles were only considered a legislative body. It placed federal law above state law, but left some powers to the states under the Tenth Amendment.
What were the 2 main problems with ratification of the Constitution?
There were two sides to the Great Debate: the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. The Federalists wanted to ratify the Constitution, the Anti-Federalists did not. One of the major issues these two parties debated concerned the inclusion of the Bill of Rights.
Why did the Anti-Federalists oppose the new Constitution?
The Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution because they feared that the new national government would be too powerful and thus threaten individual liberties, given the absence of a bill of rights.
What was the effect of the ratification of the US Constitution?
The ratification of the US constitution was indeed the effect of many compromises. 9 of the 13 states had to agree that the constitution was good in order to ratify it, so a middle ground had to be reached. This is where we such compromises as the great compromise and the 3/5 compromise.
How did the 13 states ratify the Constitution?
To get the Constitution ratified by all 13 states, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention had to reach several compromises. The three major compromises were the Great Compromise, the Three-Fifths Compromise, and the Electoral College.
What was the reaction of the people to the Constitution?
When The Constitution was proposed, the people’s reaction to it would divide the nation into two groups: Federalists and Anti-Federalists. Federalists were in favor of the newly proposed Constitution and its strong and stable government.
Why did most of the states approve the Constitution?
Yes, the states, and most of them, did approve the Constitution b/c they saw it as a document that best secured the beliefs of the early colonists. Explain some of the opposition to ratification of the Constitution. 1. Well, they were afraid it wouldnt’ work, and didn’t want to much power to go to the Federal goverment.