Ratifying the Constitution Was No Easy Business

It was so difficult to ratify the Constitution because a lot of people were against it. A lot of people just wanted to revise the Articles of Confederation. And not make a whole new government. But more states had to agree to make a new government. In Article VII it said it needed nine states had to ratify the Constitution for it to go into effect. Not a lot of people agreed with ratification either. There were people called Antifederalists who even used pamphlets and public meetings to oppose the ratification of the Constitution. Some people where even saying that delegates were exceeding their power by getting rid of the Articles of Confederation and an illegal document. Some MORE people said that it was only going to represent rich people which poor people wouldn't want. But what the majority of what people were saying was that it gave too much power to the central government. But have no fear, the Federalists where there. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay said, under the pen name Publius. That if they did reject the Constitution there would be anarchy and civil strife, which no one wants. At the beginning of October 1787 they made 85 essays for New York newspapers which answered to everyone's problems with the Consitution. One of the things to calm down people's concern was the Bill of Rights. (I couldn't find a good gif that related to this post so heres a gif of Will Ferrell playing the flute)