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Who did a federalist proposal say should ratify the Constitution rather than the state legislatures?
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Instead of proposing ratification by the state legislatures the federalists proposal called for ratification of the constitution by what?
The Federalists suggested that popularly elected conventions ratify the Constitution rather than having it done by state legislatures. The U.S. Constitution was ratified on June 21, 1788.
What did the Federalists propose that the Constitution should be ratified by rather than by the state legislatures?
Conventions, Not State LegislaturesThe Federalists proposed that the Constitution should be ratified by popularly elected conventions rather than by the state legislatures.
The constitution should be ratified by popularly elected conventions rather than states legislatures?
True :)
Is it true that The Federalists proposed that the Constitution should be ratified by popularly elected conventions rather than the state legislatures?
maybe
The federalist proposed that the constitution should be ratify by popularly elected conventions rather than the state legislature's?
true
The Federalists proposed that the Constitution should be ratified by popularly elected conventions rather than the state legislatures.?
conventions
The framers of the Constitution agreed that the president should be elected by the?
The constitution calls for the President to elected by electors from the states. It allows the state legislatures to decide how to choose its electors. Probably most of the framers expected the legislatures to elect the electors rather than holding a popular election to choose them.
Who is considered the greatest inspiration for people to be Anti-Federalist rather than Federalist?
franklin
What is a statutory constitution?
A statutory constitution is one that has many provisions that deal with specific policy issues. They are called this because they more closely resemble a collection of laws (statues) of the type that legislatures typically pass rather than a basic basic blueprint for government.
What process did the philadelphia convention devise for ratifying the constitution and why?
The plan was to go directly to the voters to get them to approve of the Constitution. The Constitution would be presented to special ratifying conventions in each state, rather than to the existing state legislatures. Delegates to the conventions would be elected by popular vote for the soul purpose of debating and approving the Constitution. (Source- We the People by Susan M. Leeson.)
Why did the framers of the constitution want ratification votes cast by special state conventions rather than by legislatures?
Because the framers of the Constitutions felt that state conventions attended by local people should be able to take part in the decision making process. The United State Constitution was ratified in 1788.
Was alexander hamilton an anti federalist?
He wrote 50 of the Federalist Papers - he was definitely a Federalist, as in a supporter of the Constitution.
