Fayetteville Convention of 1789

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The Fayetteville Convention of 1789 was the North Carolina assembly that ultimately approved the U.S. Constitution and paved the way for the state’s admission to the new federal union.

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Fayetteville Convention of 1789 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
ratifying convention ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: State of North Carolina
approvedDocument United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the United States
chronologyWithinTopic second North Carolina convention on U.S. Constitution ratification ⓘ
convenedBy North Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
describedBySource North Carolina state historical records ⓘ
United States constitutional history scholarship ⓘ
followed Hillsborough Convention of 1788 ⓘ
hasEffect brought North Carolina into the United States under the Constitution ⓘ
hasRole ratification of the United States Constitution by North Carolina ⓘ
hasTopic Federalism in the United States ⓘ
ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedIn Fayetteville, North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory North Carolina ⓘ
United States Constitution ratification process ⓘ
partOf United States constitutional history ⓘ
pointInTime 1789 ⓘ
November 1789 ⓘ
precededBy North Carolina’s initial refusal to ratify the Constitution in 1788 ⓘ
result North Carolina’s decision to join the new federal union ⓘ
ratification of the U.S. Constitution by North Carolina ⓘ
significance paved the way for North Carolina’s admission to the federal union ⓘ

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Hillsborough Convention of 1788 → followedBy → Fayetteville Convention of 1789 ⓘ