John DeWitt Timeline of the Ratification of the Constitution by Gordon Lloyd

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John DeWitt Timeline of the Ratification of the Constitution by Gordon Lloyd

1787

October 1787

Oct 22, 1787: John DeWitt I (Massachusetts)

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Oct 22, 1787: John DeWitt I (Massachusetts)

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Oct 27, 1787: John DeWitt II (Massachusetts)

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Oct 27, 1787: John DeWitt II (Massachusetts)

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November 1787

Nov 5, 1787: John DeWitt III (Massachusetts)

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Nov 5, 1787: John DeWitt III (Massachusetts)

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December 1787

Dec 1787: John DeWitt IV (Massachusetts)

The Massachusetts Antifederalist John De Witt informs his readers that the proponents of the Constitution have not engaged in “cool reasoning and dispassionate argument.” Instead, they bestow on the critics “the opprobrious terms of insurgents, destroyers of all government, bankrupts, defaulters, and anti federalists, which is worse than jacobitism.”

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Dec 1787: John DeWitt IV (Massachusetts)

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General Overview

In 1787 and 1788, following the Constitutional Convention, a great debate took place throughout America over the Constitution that had been proposed.

Out-of-Doors Debate

During the struggle for ratification, the Federalists and Antifederalists engaged in a great newspaper and pamphlet debate over the proposed Constitution.