Maryland Ratifying Convention

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event in 1788 in the United States historical event state ratifying convention

The Maryland Ratifying Convention was the 1788 state assembly that debated and ultimately approved the United States Constitution on behalf of Maryland.

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Maryland Ratifying Convention canonical 2
Maryland Convention 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in 1788 in the United States ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
state ratifying convention ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Maryland ⓘ
appliesToPart Maryland ⓘ
surface form: State of Maryland
approvedDocument United States Constitution ⓘ
chronologyWithinSeries one of the thirteen state ratifying conventions ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
describedBySource histories of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
records of the Maryland state archives ⓘ
determines whether Maryland would ratify the United States Constitution ⓘ
follows Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
drafting of the United States Constitution ⓘ
hasEffect made Maryland one of the original states under the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasLegalStatus authorized assembly under Maryland law ⓘ
hasOutcome ratification of the United States Constitution by Maryland ⓘ
hasPurpose to consider ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
legislativeBody convention of delegates ⓘ
location Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland

Maryland ⓘ
partOf ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
pointInTime 1788 ⓘ
result Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution (widely cited ordering) ⓘ
significantEvent Maryland’s decision to join the federal union under the Constitution ⓘ
significantParticipant Anti-Federalist Papers ⓘ
surface form: Anti-Federalists in Maryland

Federalists in Maryland ⓘ
temporalCoverage April 1788 ⓘ
topic Maryland political history ⓘ
United States constitutional history ⓘ
state ratification debates ⓘ

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Luther Martin → participantIn → Maryland Ratifying Convention ⓘ
Virginia Ratifying Convention → follows → Maryland Ratifying Convention ⓘ
Province of Maryland → revolutionaryBody → Maryland Ratifying Convention ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maryland Convention