When the Constitution was being drafted, nine of the thirteen states needed to approve it. The later ratification became especially hard because of this. Nine out of thirteen states needed to advocate for this change and reject a reformation of the Articles of Confederation.
There were many issues that paused the advancement of the Constitution. The fore-fathers that were constructing the constitution were all from Philadelphia and were considered to be the "well-born few." People thought that if those were the ones to draft the constitution, then it would only represent and protect the high upper-class. Another objection was that the Constitution would give "too much power" to the central government and that we were not be able to control it.
The ratification debate that occurred in Virginia made one of the most important counterparts. The new Constitution failed to contain a Bill of Rights. During the debate, James Madison argued that a Bill of Rights was necessary. When a Bill of Rights was finally assured that it was to be embedded into a constitution, Virgin approved it and the Constitution was then ratified.
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