What do these headlines demonstrate about the process of ratifying the
constitution?
daily news
holdout no more,
new york votes
yes on
constitution
daily news
at last virginia
ratifies, suggests
amendments
daily news
new york and
virginia add to
growing support
for bill of rights
o
a. mid-atlantic states were the strongest supporters of the
constitution
o
b states ratified the constitution because they wanted to influence
the process of writing the bill of rights
o
c
most states eventually agreed on the compromise of ratification
with a bill of rights
o
r. the constitution was able to go into effect once 9 of the 13 states
voted for ratification