The Hillsborough Convention
The degegates met in July 1788 at Hillsborough. They voted overwhelmingly-184 to83- to delay ratifying the Constitution.
The Fayetteville Convention
In November 1788, the North Carolina legislatre called for a second vote on the Constitution. A year later, in November 1789, another convention met in Fayetteville.
North Carolina had been a backwater colony before the Revolution. Little changed, relatively speaking, once the Convention was written.
North Carolina and Federalism
North Carolina's defiant character came out soon after the state joined the Union. Congress had passed a law to organize the United States Sumpreme Court.
North Carolinans Become Jeffersonians
Americans who came to distrust the Federalists rallied to the leadership of Thomas Jefferson. The Virginian, who had been the auditor of the Declaration of Independence, believed the Constitution did not give Federalists the power to do all the things they wanted to do.
The degegates met in July 1788 at Hillsborough. They voted overwhelmingly-184 to83- to delay ratifying the Constitution.
The Fayetteville Convention
In November 1788, the North Carolina legislatre called for a second vote on the Constitution. A year later, in November 1789, another convention met in Fayetteville.
North Carolina had been a backwater colony before the Revolution. Little changed, relatively speaking, once the Convention was written.
North Carolina and Federalism
North Carolina's defiant character came out soon after the state joined the Union. Congress had passed a law to organize the United States Sumpreme Court.
North Carolinans Become Jeffersonians
Americans who came to distrust the Federalists rallied to the leadership of Thomas Jefferson. The Virginian, who had been the auditor of the Declaration of Independence, believed the Constitution did not give Federalists the power to do all the things they wanted to do.