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February 6 – Massachusetts ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 6th U.S. state (see History of Massachusetts). March 21 – Great New Orleans Fire (1788) kills 25% of the population and destroys 856 buildings, including St. Louis Cathedral and the Cabildo, leaving most of the town in ruins. At the time New Orleans was a ...
February 1 – Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patent a steamboat. February 6 – Massachusetts ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the sixth U.S. state. February 7 – Sydney is named and founded, by the British Colony of New South Wales. February 9 – Austria enters the Russo-Turkish War (1787–92), and attacks Moldavia.
Following this compromise, Massachusetts voted to ratify the Constitution on February 6, 1788. Five states subsequently voted for ratification, four of which followed the Massachusetts model of recommending amendments along with their ratification.
Georgia – January 2, 1788 26 0 100% 5 Connecticut – January 9, 1788 128 40 76% 6 Massachusetts – February 6, 1788 187 168 53% 7 Maryland – April 28, 1788 63 11 85% 8 South Carolina – May 23, 1788 149 73 67% 9 New Hampshire – June 21, 1788 57 47 55% 10 Virginia – June 25, 1788 89 79 53% 11 New York – July 26, 1788 30 27 53%
February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1788 – Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
This document was first published by The New York Independent Journal on February 6, 1788, under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all The Federalist papers were published. Federalist No. 51 addresses the separation of powers , the federal structure of government and the maintenance of checks and balances by "opposite and rival ...
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce was signed on February 6, 1778 at the Hôtel de Crillon by American delegates Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee, and the French representative to the U.S., Conrad Alexandre Gérard de Rayneva. [13]
January 2, 1788 Georgia: 26 0 5 January 9, 1788 Connecticut: 128 40 6 February 6, 1788 Massachusetts: 187 168 7 April 26, 1788 Maryland: 63 11 8 May 23, 1788 South Carolina: 149 73 9 June 21, 1788 New Hampshire: 57 47 10 June 25, 1788 Virginia: 89 79 11 July 26, 1788 New York: 30 27 12 November 21, 1789 North Carolina: 194 77 13 May 29, 1790 ...