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Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maryland, New Jersey, and Georgia all sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention. Rhode Island objected to any amendment of the Articles of Confederation and believed that the government should stay out of rights and powers belonging to the states, so Rhode Island did not send any delegates to the Convention.
The northern and southern states had two major disagreements at the convention. The North disagreed with the use of slaves, and the South disagreed how people were elected to office.
The Thee-Fifths Compromise
In the first constitutional convention, he represented the state of North Carolina.
During the Constitutional Convention, North Carolina sought to base taxes primarily on property rather than population. This preference reflected the state's agricultural economy and the interests of its landowners, who wanted to ensure that tax burdens were distributed more favorably toward those with significant property holdings. This stance was part of broader debates on representation and taxation that highlighted regional economic differences among the states.
The United States Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787, during the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The delegates from twelve of the thirteen original states participated in the signing, with Rhode Island being the only state that did not send delegates to the convention. The states represented were Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, and North Carolina.
North Carolina sent five delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. These delegates were William Blount, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Hugh Williamson, and two others who played roles in the discussions and debates surrounding the U.S. Constitution. However, it's worth noting that North Carolina ultimately did not ratify the Constitution until 1789.
The last three states to ratify the US Constitution drafted at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island. NY ratified on July 26, 1788 North Carolina ratified on Nov. 21, 1789, and Rhode Island ratified on May 29, 1790
During Post Civil War Reconstruction era, Counties in Georgia elected Representatives to the Constitutional Convention of 1865. Baker Ewing Watkins, for instance, a very experienced Kentucky Legislator who had moved south to Georgia prior to the Civil War, was elected to represent Colquitt County in the Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1865. This Georgia Constitutional Convention repealed the Ordinance of Secession and abolished slavery. In December 1865, the Georgia General Assembly ratified the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S.Constitution ending slavery. Only AFTER this Georgia once again begin to participate in the National Government process with two U.S.Senators elected in Jan 1866 for the first time since 1861. However, Georgia elected Alex. Stephens and Herschel Johnson, Confederates, who were opposed so by the North, that neither were allowed to take their seats. This of course passed eventually.
The South was easily offended by the topic of slavery, and if discussed to much, the debate would cause southern representatives to leave the Constitutional Convention. The North didn't want that, or else the nation would split. Therefore, the North avoided discussion of slavery with the South.