Pennsylvania Ratfication

Significant events and individuals in Pennsylvania Politics

• Pennsylvania Chronology, 1786–1788
• Biographical Gazetteer

State Ratifying Convention Meeting Places (see all)

• Philadelphia in State House (Independence Hall)

Significant Speeches/Documents in Favor of Ratification

• An American Citizen, On Federal Government I, II, III, Philadelphia, Independent Gazetteer, 26-29 September 1787
• James Wilson’s Speech in the State House Yard, Philadelphia, 6 October 1787
• A Federalist, Philadelphia, Independent Gazetteer, 10 October 1787
• One of the People, Pennsylvania Gazette, 17 October 1787
• Plain Truth: Reply to an Officer of the Late Continental Army, Independent Gazetteer, 10 November 1787
• James Wilson The Pennsylvania Convention: Saturday, 24 November 1787
• Benjamin Rush The Pennsylvania Convention: Wednesday, 12 December 1787
• Thomas McKean The Pennsylvania Convention: Monday, 10 December 1787

Significant Speeches/Documents Opposing Ratification

• Centinel I , Independent Gazetteer, 5 October 1787
• The Chronicles of Early Times, Freeman’s Journal, 17 October 1787
• A Democratic Federalist, Pennsylvania Herald, 17 October 1787
• John Humble: Address of the Lowborn, Independent Gazetteer, 29 October 1787
• An Officer of the Late Continental Army, Independent Gazetteer, 6 November 1787
• William Findley The Pennsylvania Convention: Saturday, 1 December 1787
• Robert Whitehill The Pennsylvania Convention: Friday, 30 November 1787
• John Smilie The Pennsylvania Convention: Wednesday, 28 November 1787

Recommended Amendments – There were some proposed but they were rejected.

• Robert Whitehill The Pennsylvania Convention: Wednesday, 12 December 1787
• B. The Dissent of the Minority of the Convention

Significant Events and Outcomes Associated with Pennsylvania

• Map of Vote
• The Carlisle Riot and its Aftermath
• The Petition Campaign Against Ratification
• The Controversy Surrounding the Calling of the Pennsylvania Convention