Creating the United States
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Rallying Support for the New Constitution
While the New York ratification convention was meeting in Poughkeepsie, supporters of the new federal Constitution rallied support with a parade down Broadway in New York City on July 23, 1788. Two days later, the convention ratified the Constitution with an assertion of the need for amendments, making New York the eleventh state to officially enter the new federal republic.