When was north carolina admitted to the union

The British Parliament and the King never mentioned slavery when discussing the American crisis. If the Americans were really concerned about the Kingdom abolishing slavery, they would have explicitly asked the King to preserve the institution at least in the American colonies, when writing the petition. Without the institution, the colony was useless for the Empire, why fight a war over it? Makes no sense. This made me smile from ear to ear this morning. Thank you for the piece!

Fabulous article David! I read it while I am sitting in a house in Rhode Island. My understanding is that there was an implied Congressional approval coming out of the Constitutional Convention to admit all 13 States that had been part of the Articles of Confederation so long as they ratified the new Constitution. The new Constitution went into effect on June 21, There are those who argue that Mike, and I mentioned it in the essay.

And that makes things more complicated, because both Virginia and New York also ratified after that date. That means, of course, that their respective admissions were also unconstitutional. As a collector of early newspapers, I have managed to secure several copies of this earliest of American political cartoons documenting MA, MD and NH ratification.

Thanks for the constitutional insight, particularly during these trying times when our governing document has been severely tested. IV, Sect. Jim, your quoting of Article VII is compelling. In any case, this was a fun article and topic. I enjoyed this piece and the comments. Two issues should be touched on that bear directly on the ratification process itself. One, it was considered illegal by Anti-federalists because the Articles of Confederation required unanimity to amend that document.

That, of course, was something that never happened during its short life. Two, Rhode Island was seen as the state that would always stand in the way of unity among the original thirteen confederated states never mind whether Vermont should have been included from the get go!

So, the new ratification process rectified the unanimity problem by requiring only nine states to approve the Constitution. But in many ways, the whole Constitution might be seen as illegal, ratification process notwithstanding, because it not only threw out the baby with the bathwater, but it built a new tub entirely. There are those who, consequently, have argued that the constitutionality of the Constitution itself might be called into question.

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