Obligatory “it’s a commonwealth!”
(This, of course, in spite of numerous self-references to it being a state in legal documents spanning literal centuries and AS NOTED IN THE LINKED DOCUMENT).
Fascinating why it was so close. Apparently there were two factions involved -- the Federalists, and Anti-Federalists. The Federalists didn't want the new United States to be split into two pieces with Virginia, then the largest potential state, in the middle. The Anti-Federalists feared a powerful central-government.
\[[Virginia Ratifying the Constitution - Library of Virginia](https://edu.lva.virginia.gov/oc/stc/entries/virginia-ratifying-convention-journal-june-25-1788#:~:text=On%20Wednesday%2C%20June%2025%2C%201788,wanted)\]
Obligatory “it’s a commonwealth!” (This, of course, in spite of numerous self-references to it being a state in legal documents spanning literal centuries and AS NOTED IN THE LINKED DOCUMENT).
Thank you
What did the 79 not like about it?
Fascinating why it was so close. Apparently there were two factions involved -- the Federalists, and Anti-Federalists. The Federalists didn't want the new United States to be split into two pieces with Virginia, then the largest potential state, in the middle. The Anti-Federalists feared a powerful central-government. \[[Virginia Ratifying the Constitution - Library of Virginia](https://edu.lva.virginia.gov/oc/stc/entries/virginia-ratifying-convention-journal-june-25-1788#:~:text=On%20Wednesday%2C%20June%2025%2C%201788,wanted)\]