The Ratification of the Constitution was a very difficult task. It is very similar to how some people eat a Jelly Filled Doughnut, some are messy while some can eat it unscathed. 

Many states had issues with ratifying the constitution, but in others there was an unanimous vote. In Delaware there was a 30 - 0 vote for ratifying the constitution and there were the first to do it. While Pennsylvania was right on its heels becoming the second to ratify the constitution. States actually started to ratify it 10 months after it was presented. In Massachusetts debates were conducted as well in many other of the remaining states. Major debates were conducted in Virginia and New York. If the federalists failed in convincing the other politicians to ratify the new union would have lost major key states and would have gravely affected this process. What got the rest of the states was a Bill of Rights. Once proposed many states agreed to ratify. The last state to ratify was Rhode Island and they only decided to do it because they felt threatened by a new foreign government. The Federalists had a hard job convincing the states to accept the constitution. They had to convince everyone that without this constitution there would be "anarchy and civil strife". When Antifederalists popped up criticizing the constitution people like Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote 85 essays explaining the constitution and quelling the fires spread by the Antifederalists.