Therefore, the Constitutional Convention was held in 1787 to amend the Articles of Confederation. What ended up happening, though, was total reconstruction. The small states of America presented the New Jersey Plan (written by William Paterson), which proposed a unicameral legislature and an equal amount of delegates for every state. The large states proposed the Virginia Plan (written primarily by Edmund Randolph and partially by James Madison), which proposed a bicameral legislature with the number of delegates depending on the state population. Neither side wanted to give in, so delegate Roger Sherman came up with The Great Compromise. In the Great Compromise, there was to be a bicameral legislature. The bottom house would depend on population, while the upper house had equal delegates for each state. We know the bottom house as The House of Representatives and the upper house as the Senate. The two most probable reasons Rhode Island didn't sign the Constitution are:
In fact, Rhode Island didn't even have a delegate representing it at the Constitutional Convention in the first place.
Rhode Island was the last state to ratify the United States Constitution. They ratified the Constition in the year 1790.
In May 1790 Rhode Island ratifies the constitution when a bill of rights is written and is about to be adopted.
they ask for constitution in their opinon
The bill of rights
Delaware was the first and Rhode Island the last
Massachusetts was the sixth state to ratify the Constitution.
No, Rhode Island. Georgia was the last colonysettled, but the fourth to ratify the Constitution.
It was Rhode Island. They declaired their independance from England first. But they were the last to ratify the Constitution. BOOGERS IN MEH NOSE!!!!!!
All three regions had several states ratify after January, 1788. the last of the thirteen colonies to ratify the Constitution was Rhode Island, in 1790.
Rhode Island was the last state to ratify the Constitution (May 29, 1790).
Rhode Island was the last state to ratify the constitution.
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Rhode Island was the 13th state to ratify the United States Constitution on May 29, 1790. Initially, Rhode Island was reluctant to join the Union and held out for three years before finally agreeing to ratify the document.
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