North Carolina ratifying conventions for the U.S. Constitution

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political event series state ratifying conventions

The North Carolina ratifying conventions for the U.S. Constitution were late-18th-century state assemblies that debated and ultimately approved North Carolina’s entry into the new federal union under the U.S. Constitution.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Federalists in North Carolina	1
North Carolina Ratifying Convention	1
North Carolina Ratifying Convention of the U.S. Constitution	1
North Carolina ratifying convention debates	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political event series ⓘ state ratifying conventions ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	North Carolina ⓘ
chronologyWithinSeries	after most other original states had ratified the Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
followedBy	North Carolina’s participation in the federal government under the Constitution ⓘ
follows	Philadelphia Convention ⓘ drafting of the United States Constitution in 1787 ⓘ
hasEffect	North Carolina becoming one of the original states under the Constitution ⓘ North Carolina joining the United States under the Constitution ⓘ
hasGoal	debate ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ decide North Carolina’s entry into the federal union ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	contributed to pressure for adoption of the United States Bill of Rights ⓘ illustrated strong Anti-Federalist sentiment in North Carolina ⓘ showed that some states delayed ratification pending promised amendments ⓘ
hasPart	Fayetteville Convention of 1789 ⓘ Hillsborough Convention of 1788 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Early Republic of the United States ⓘ surface form: Early National period of United States history
influencedBy	Anti-Federalist writings ⓘ The Federalist Papers ⓘ surface form: Federalist Papers debates in other state ratifying conventions ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	state-level constitutional conventions ⓘ
location	North Carolina ⓘ
mainSubject	ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
participant	Anti-Federalists in North Carolina ⓘ North Carolina ratifying conventions for the U.S. Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Federalists in North Carolina delegates from North Carolina counties ⓘ
partOf	early United States constitutional history ⓘ state ratification process of the United States Constitution ⓘ
pointInTime	late 18th century ⓘ
precededBy	Government of North Carolina ⓘ surface form: North Carolina’s government under the Articles of Confederation
reasonForEventualRatification	political and economic pressure to join the Union ⓘ prospect of amendments including a bill of rights ⓘ
reasonForInitialOpposition	absence of an explicit bill of rights in the original Constitution ⓘ
recordedIn	proceedings of the North Carolina ratifying conventions ⓘ
significantEvent	North Carolina’s eventual ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ debate over a federal bill of rights ⓘ initial refusal to ratify the Constitution in 1788 ⓘ ratification of the Constitution in 1789 ⓘ
topic	division of powers between state and federal governments ⓘ federalism in the United States ⓘ individual rights under the proposed Constitution ⓘ structure of the new federal government ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Virginia Ratifying Convention → followedBy → North Carolina ratifying conventions for the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Carolina Ratifying Convention

North Carolina ratifying conventions for the U.S. Constitution → participant → North Carolina ratifying conventions for the U.S. Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalists in North Carolina

James Iredell Sr. → participantIn → North Carolina ratifying conventions for the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Carolina ratifying convention debates

North Carolina leaders → participatedIn → North Carolina ratifying conventions for the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

Samuel Johnston → participatedIn → North Carolina ratifying conventions for the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Carolina Ratifying Convention of the U.S. Constitution