New York Ratifying Convention

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constitutional ratifying convention historical event

The New York Ratifying Convention was the 1788 gathering in Poughkeepsie where New York’s delegates debated and ultimately approved the United States Constitution.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional ratifying convention ⓘ historical event ⓘ
aim	To decide whether New York would ratify the United States Constitution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	New York State Convention for the Ratification of the Federal Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	State of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronology	American Revolutionary era ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
describedAtURL	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Ratifying_Convention ⓘ
determinationMethod	Vote of delegates ⓘ
endTime	1788-07-26 ⓘ
followedBy	Implementation of the United States Constitution in New York ⓘ North Carolina Ratifying Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause	Proposal of the United States Constitution in 1787 ⓘ
hasEffect	Ratification of the United States Constitution by New York ⓘ
hasParticipant	Alexander Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Anti-Federalists NERFINISHED ⓘ Federalists NERFINISHED ⓘ George Clinton NERFINISHED ⓘ John Jay NERFINISHED ⓘ John Lansing Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Melancton Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert R. Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legislativeBody	Convention of delegates of the people of the State of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Poughkeepsie, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfParticipants	65 ⓘ
organizedBy	New York State Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Early national period of United States history NERFINISHED ⓘ process of ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
pointInTime	1788 ⓘ
precededBy	Massachusetts Ratifying Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
president	George Clinton NERFINISHED ⓘ
ratifiedDocument	Constitution of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
ratifyingStateNumber	11 ⓘ
result	Ratification of the United States Constitution with recommended amendments ⓘ
significantEvent	Debate over federalism in New York ⓘ Narrow vote to ratify the Constitution ⓘ Negotiation over inclusion of a bill of rights ⓘ
significantFigure	Alexander Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ George Clinton NERFINISHED ⓘ Melancton Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1788-06-17 ⓘ
topic	Anti-Federalism NERFINISHED ⓘ Bill of Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ Federalism in the United States ⓘ United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
voteResult	30–27 in favor of ratification ⓘ

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