Ratification

Re-read pages 246 to 252 in your textbook and answer the following questions by Wednesday's class. When you are done answering the questions, post two comments that simply offer some sort of commentary on the ratification process. One comment must be in response to another students' comment.



1. Agree/disagree: the Anti-Federalist's concerns over the lack of a Bill of Rights was legitimate.



2. What conclusions can be drawn from the chart on p. 250 and the map on p. 251 in regards to how economics and geography affected the ratification process?

3. Why would geography be key in whether or not a state ratified the Constitution?

4. Argue for or against: Ratification would have been made easier if the Constitutional Convention met without such a shroud of secrecy.