Author: James Caldwell
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State Ratification Grid – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
State Ratification Grid This page presents a table showing each state on the vertical axis and each constitutional amendment on the horizontal axis. This chart will allow you to quickly see if your state ratified any one amendment or group of amendments. For ratification dates, see the Ratification Page. Colored cells with an “R” inside…
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The Declaration of Rights (Stamp Act) – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
The Declaration of Rights (Stamp Act) Advertisement In 1764, the British Parliament passed the Sugar Act, which placed tariffs on sugar, coffee, and other goods imported into the New World. These taxes increased the burden on ordinary citizens at a time of recession in America. It was thought that the Sugar Act would give rise…
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The Declaration of Sentiments – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
The Declaration of Sentiments In 1840, Lucretia Mott attended the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, England. Mott, a Quaker minister, was a strong abolitionist. She and the Hicksite Quakers refused to use materials produced with slave labor, including cotton and cane sugar. She worked as a teacher and at her school, met her husband, James…
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Savoy’s 20 Questions with Steve Mount – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Savoy’s 20 Questions with Steve Mount Advertisement [Editor’s note: this interview with the Webmaster of this site appeared in the online magazine Savoy in its December, 1998 edition. Savoy is now defunct. This page is a reproduction of that interview. The original is no longer avaliable on the Internet, so far as I can tell.]…
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Ratification Dates and Votes – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Ratification Dates and Votes Advertisement Each of the original thirteen states in the United States was invited to ratify the Constitution created in Philadelphia in 1787. The Constitution specified that nine ratifications would be sufficient to consider the Constitution accepted. Some states ratified quickly, others had to hold several conventions to accept the Constitution —…
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Vermont’s Ratification – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Vermont’s Ratification Advertisement Vermont was admitted to the United States on March 4, 1791. On February 9, 1791, the Congress received the state’s transmission to Congress its intent to hold a convention for the purposes of ratifying the United States Constitution and the results of that convention. The notice and the ratification announcement of the…
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Virginia’s Ratification – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Virginia’s Ratification Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Virginia, June 26, 1788. Virginia ratified the Constitution in two steps. The first was the declaration of ratification. The second was a recommendation that a bill of rights be added to the Constitution, and that a list of amendments also be added in accordance with…
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South Carolina’s Ratification – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
South Carolina’s Ratification Ratification of the Constitution by the State of South Carolina, May 23, 1788. South Carolina was the eighth state to do so. South Carolina’s ratification message included several small suggested changes to the Constitution, including one to say “no other religious test” rather than “no religious test” in Article 6, an indication…
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Rhode Island’s Ratification – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Rhode Island’s Ratification Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Rhode Island, May 29, 1790. Rhode Island was the thirteenth state to do so. Rhode Island’s ratification message is lengthy, with a list similar to that of New York’s, listing a bill of rights and listing several proposed amendments. Most of the amendments were…
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Pennsylvania’s Ratification – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Pennsylvania’s Ratification Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787. Pennsylvania was the second state to do so. Pennsylvania’s ratification message was short and to the point. The following text is taken from the Library of Congress’s copy of Elliot’s Debates. In the Name of the People of Pennsylvania. Be it…