Federalists at the New York Ratifying Convention

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historical political group political faction supporters of the United States Constitution

The Federalists at the New York Ratifying Convention were supporters of the proposed U.S. Constitution who advocated for a stronger central government and worked to secure New York’s approval of the new federal framework.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Federalist and Anti-Federalist debate	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical political group ⓘ political faction ⓘ supporters of the United States Constitution ⓘ
advocatedFor	ratification of the United States Constitution by New York ⓘ
arguedThat	a stronger national government was necessary for union and stability ⓘ the Articles of Confederation were inadequate ⓘ
contributedTo	New York’s conditional ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfEvent	July 26, 1788 ⓘ June 17, 1788 ⓘ
hadGoal	ensure New York joined the new Union under the Constitution ⓘ secure New York’s approval of the new federal framework ⓘ
hadLeader	Alexander Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadNotableMember	Alexander Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Isaac Roosevelt NERFINISHED ⓘ James Duane NERFINISHED ⓘ John Jay NERFINISHED ⓘ Melancton Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert R. Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadPositionOn	Bill of Rights to be added by later amendments ⓘ
influencedBy	Federalist No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Federalist No. 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ Federalist No. 51 NERFINISHED ⓘ Federalist No. 78 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Federalist Papers NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Poughkeepsie, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ State of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposed	Anti-Federalists at the New York Ratifying Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	rural Anti-Federalist delegates from upstate New York ⓘ
participatedIn	New York Ratifying Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Federalist movement NERFINISHED ⓘ broader Federalist Party leadership in New York ⓘ
resultedIn	New York becoming the eleventh state to ratify the Constitution ⓘ
supported	stronger central government ⓘ
supportedBy	many lawyers and professionals in New York ⓘ merchants in New York City ⓘ
supportedConcept	checks and balances ⓘ federalism ⓘ national supremacy over the states in certain spheres ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
supportedDocument	United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	1788 ⓘ
usedStrategy	compromise on recommending amendments after ratification ⓘ coordination with Federalists in other states ⓘ emphasizing the dangers of disunion ⓘ
viewedAs	champions of commercial and urban interests in New York ⓘ

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Melancton Smith → hasNotableOpponent → Federalists at the New York Ratifying Convention ⓘ

New York Convention → significantFor → Federalists at the New York Ratifying Convention ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federalist and Anti-Federalist debate