Patrick Henry and George Mason refused to ratify the Constitution unless a Bill of Rights was added. James Madison concurred that a Bill of Rights should be added. When this was certain to occur, these three Virginians voted for ratification, and Virginia became the 10th state to do so.
The United States constitution was signed by 39 delegates during the convention. The two signers from Virginia are John Blair and James Madison, Jr.
The Anti-federalists opposed the Constitution because it didn't have a section protecting individual rights.
Anti-Federalists were opposed to ratifying the Constitution because they did not want to give the federal government that much power. The Constitution was eventually ratified on June 21, 1788.
True, People who opposed to the constitiution are called anticonstitutionalist
Patrick Henry opposed the Constitution. He feared that the central government woulds gain too much power. He felt that the Constitution went too far. He also opposed the Constitution because it did not have a bill of rights.
The constitution
Patrick Henry and Richard Henry Lee were both Virginians who did NOT support the Ratification of the Constitution.
anti-federalists opposed the constitution
culture
The Virginians were loath to leave the protection of the British who had hundreds of years of experience in government, trade and warfare. It was only when they realised that the alternative was to side with the traitorous French who had only helped the Americans to get at their sworn enemies The British (as opposed to any real concern for the colonists) that they decided to reluctantly sign the constitution
no, they opposed the idea of constitution
The United States constitution was signed by 39 delegates during the convention. The two signers from Virginia are John Blair and James Madison, Jr.
Antifederalists
The north.
The answer is: Virginians.
Virginians was created in 1952.
The Virginians was created in 1857.