| 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, 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 |