The vote was 30 - 27. Outsiders shouldn't have been surprised given our history. Our geography, demography, economics and social conditions made us predisposed towards politics of resistance to distant powers and protection or local liberties. People are isolated in scattered settlements so they have built strong family ties and local loyalties - very provincial. We are a haven for religious dissenters.
Illiteracy is the norm, educated people the exception.
After the defeat of the ratification, we Federalists went to the newspapers and pointed out the advantages of federal navigation and tariff laws, the need for protection from Indians in the west and payment of Loyalist land claims by the British government. A second convention was held in Fayetteville in November, 1789. We were saddled with annual interest payments as high as 10,500 pounds after the war. Before the war, the government's tax collections amounted to 2,000 pounds annually. Our Country party won the spring election of '89 and made paper money legal tender with fines added later if refused acceptance.