Pennsylvania Ratification, part 4

Hey everybody,

December 15, 1787.  Let's talk CONSTITUTION today, okay?  This new constitution for all of America will bring unity, stability, and change.  Even though the state, at first, was mostly full of anti-Federalists, a group called Radical Republicans (many merchants, laborers, professionals) convinced others that Britain was out to attack their fundamental liberties as Englishmen and played on their doubts to make them believe more Federalistically.  This is how the constitution was ratified 46-23 votes.  The new Federalistic way of thinking combined with a Federalistic government will, hopefully, create a profit and a booming economy.  Before, Pennsylvanian trade had mostly consisted of trade with Britain, sending raw materials to Britain and trading with the West Indian Sugar Plantations.  This stable economy left PA dependent on British trade, so after the Revolutionary War, Britain was a little hesitant to start trading with America yet (sore losers), leaving Pennsylvania and many other states' economies bad off.  Fortunately, with this new Union, Pennsylvania will be able to retrieve some of that profit back, by trading between the states.  Plus, I heard manufactoring is starting to take off here in the states because Britain still will not trade will us!  Gosh, if we even tried not being a part of the Union, we would fail so quickly because we would not have an economy to circulate cash flow at all!  That is really what it is all about- money and power, right?

So folks, I am Thomas Mifflin, born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  I was a general in the Continental Army, President of the Continental Congress, a delagate at the Constitutional Convention, and a firm Federalist who believes in a strong, central government.
And that's how the cookie crumbles.