Georgia Ratification

Significant Events and Individuals in Georgia Politics

• Georgia Chronology, 1786–1788
• Georgia Officeholders, 1787
• Biographical Gazetteer

State Ratifying Convention Meeting Places (see all)

• Augusta in State House

Significant Speeches/Documents in Favor of Ratification

• Lachlan McIntosh to John Wereat, Skidoway Island, 17 December 1787 .  McIntosh proposed ratification for a “certain period of time” revisiting the issue after the Constitution had been “given a fair trial of its effects.”
• Gazette of the State of Georgia, 20 March 1787

Significant Speeches/Documents Opposing Ratification

• A Planter, Gazette of the State of Georgia, 3 April 1788

Newspaper exchanges regarding Ratification in the Gazette of the State of Georgia

• Demosthenes Minor, Gazette of the State of Georgia, 15 November 1787
• A Georgian, Gazette of the State of Georgia, 15 November 1787
• Demosthenes Minor, Gazette of the State of Georgia, 22 November 1787
• A Georgian: To Demosthenes Minor, Gazette of the State of Georgia, 29 November 1787
• A Farmer, Gazette of the State of Georgia, 29 November 1787
• A Georgian, Gazette of the State of Georgia, 6 December 1787
• Demosthenes Minor: To A Georgian, Gazette of the State of Georgia, 6 December 1787
• A Citizen, Gazette of the State of Georgia, 6 December 1787
• A Briton, Gazette of the State of Georgia, 13 December 1787

Recommended Amendments

• None

Significant Events, Themes, and Outcomes Associated with Georgia

• Map of Vote
• The Role of Conflict with Native Americans in Georgia’s Ratification