Ratifying the Constitution

Ratifying the Constitution was very difficult because congress had trouble getting an unanimous  vote from all 9 states on a new form of government. The people part of the "well-born few" in Philadelphia oppose this because they were concerned that it only took care of the higher social class, also the power given to the government. People believed the government would have to much power that it could handle. Part of the biggest issue was the criticism adopted by the people that the Constitution failed to adopt the Bill Of Rights. These issues were handled by letters written in the news papers of New York by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. These were supposed to re-analyze the constitution and answer the anti-federalist. The federalist tried to assure the public that the first step was adopting the bill of rights. Madison strongly enforced by Madison in the ratification debate in Virginia.   http://www.congressforkids.net/images/ratifyingconst.jpg