| Year | Month | Day | Event | Pro- | Anti- | Subject | Opposes |
|---|
| 1781 | Mar | 1 | Articles of
Confederation adopted | | | | |
| 1786 | Sep. | 14 | Annapolis Convention | | | | |
| 1787 | Feb | 21 | Congress calls for convention in Philadelphia | | | | |
| 1787 | Apr | 16 | Madison's Virginia Plan | | | | |
| May | 25 | Constitutional
Convention opens | | | | |
| May | 29 | Virginia Plan | | | | |
| Jun | 15 | New Jersey
Plan | | | | |
| Jun | 18 | Hamilton Plan | | | | |
| Jul | 16 | Great
Compromise | | | | |
| Aug | 6 | First Draft | | | | |
| Sep | 17 | Final version
approved, Conv. closes | | | | |
| Oct | 5 |
|
| Centinel #1 | Responsibility, Checks | Federalist #10,
51 |
| Oct | 6 |
| James Wilson | | | |
| Oct | 8 |
|
| Federal Farmer #1 | Extended republics, taxation | Federalist #8,
10,
14,
35,
36 |
| Oct | 9 |
|
| Federal Farmer #2 | Extended republics, taxation | Federalist #8,
10,
15,
35,
36 |
| Oct | 18 |
|
| Brutus #1 | Extent of union, States' Rights, Bill of Rights,
Taxation | Federalist #10,
32,
33,
35,
36,
39,
45,
84 |
| Oct | 22 |
|
| John DeWitt #1 | Need for stronger union | Federalist #1-6 |
| Oct | 27 | | Federalist #1 | John DeWitt #2 | Need for stronger union | Federalist #1-6 |
| Oct | 31 | | Federalist #2 | | | |
| Nov | 5 |
|
| John DeWitt #2 | Bill of Rights | Wilson (Nov. 28),
Federalist #84 |
| Nov | 14 |
| Federalist #6 | | | |
| Nov | 22 |
| Federalist #10 | | | |
| Nov | 27 |
|
| Cato #5 | Executive powers | Federalist #67 |
| Nov | 29 |
|
| Brutus #4 | House of Representatives | Federalist #27,
28,
52-54,
57 |
| Nov | 30 |
| Federalist #14 | | | |
| Dec | 7 | Delaware ratifies | | | | |
| Dec | 12 | Pennsylvania ratifies | | | | |
| Dec | 18 | New Jersey ratifies | Federalist #23 | Penn. Minority | Extent of union, States' Rights, Bill of Rights,
Taxation | Federalist #10,
32,
33,
35,
36,
39,
45,
84 |
| Dec | 27 |
|
| Brutus #6 | Broad construction, taxing powers | Federalist #23,
30-34 |
| 1788 | Jan | 2 | Georgia ratifies | | | | |
| Jan | 3 |
|
| Cato #7 | Regulating election | Federalist #59 |
| Jan | 9 | Connecticut ratifies | | | | |
| Jan | 16 |
| Federalist #39 | | | |
| Jan | 24 |
|
| Brutus #10 | Defense, standing armies | Federalist #24-29 |
| Jan | 26 |
| Federalist #45 | | | |
| Jan | 31 |
|
| Brutus #11 | Judiciary | Federalist #78-83 |
| Feb | 6 | Massachusetts ratifies | Federalist #51 | | | |
| Feb | 7 | Massachusetts proposed amendments |
| Brutus #12, Pt. 1 | Judiciary | Federalist #78-83 |
| Feb | 14 |
|
| Brutus #12, Pt. 2 | Judiciary | Federalist #78-83 |
| Feb | 19 |
| Federalist #57 | | | |
| Feb | 27 |
| Federalist #62 | | | |
| Mar | 15 |
| Federalist #70 | | | |
| Mar | 20 |
|
| Brutus #15 | Judiciary | Federalist #78-83 |
| Apr | 10 |
|
| Brutus #16 | Senate | Federalist #62,
63 |
| Apr | 26 | Maryland ratifies | | | | |
| May | 23 | S. Carolina ratifies | | | | |
| May | 28 |
| Federalist #78,
84 | | | |
| Jun | 5,7 |
|
| Patrick Henry | Nature and powers of Union | Federalist #1,
14,
15 |
| Jun | 21 | New Hampshire ratifies; the 9th state | | | | |
| Jun | 20-27 |
|
| Melancton Smith | Representation in Congress | Federalist #52-57,
62-63 |
| Jun | 25 | Virginia ratifies | | | | |
| Jun | 27 | Virginia proposed amendments | | | | |
| Jul | 26 | New York ratifies | | | | |
| Aug | 4 | N. Carolina rejects | | | | |
| 1789 | Mar | 4 | Constitution takes effect | | | | |
| Jun | 8 | Madison introduces Bill of Rights amendments | | | | |
| Nov | 21 | N. Carolina ratifies | | | | |
| 1790 | May | 29 | Rhode Island ratifies | | | | |
| 1791 | Nov | 3 | Bill of Rights amendments take effect | | | | |