Comsent of the Governed

[Keith Broaders]

When the Comstitution was ratidied the population of the United States was just under 4 million. according to the 1790 census

The Constitution limited the national government to enumerated powers. The Virginia Ratification (Federal) Convention made a final vote on George Wythe's motion to ratify, passing it 89 to 79 with only 168 out of 747,610 inhabitants in Virginia