<P> Following Massachusetts' lead, the Federalist minorities in both Virginia and New York were able to obtain ratification in convention by linking ratification to recommended amendments . A committee of the Virginia convention headed by law professor George Wythe forwarded forty recommended amendments to Congress, twenty of which enumerated individual rights and another twenty of which enumerated states' rights . The latter amendments included limitations on federal powers to levy taxes and regulate trade . </P> <P> A minority of the Constitution's critics, such as Maryland's Luther Martin, continued to oppose ratification . However, Martin's allies, such as New York's John Lansing, Jr., dropped moves to obstruct the Convention's process . They began to take exception to the Constitution "as it was," seeking amendments . Several conventions saw supporters for "amendments before" shift to a position of "amendments after" for the sake of staying in the Union . The New York Anti-Federalist "circular letter" was sent to each state legislature proposing a second constitutional convention for "amendments before", but it failed in the state legislatures . Ultimately, only North Carolina and Rhode Island waited for amendments from Congress before ratifying . </P> <P> Article Seven of the proposed Constitution set the terms by which the new frame of government would be established . The new Constitution would become operational when ratified by at least nine states . Only then would it replace the existing government under the Articles of Confederation and would apply only to those states that ratified it . </P> <P> Following contentious battles in several states, the proposed Constitution reached that nine - state ratification plateau in June 1788 . On September 13, 1788, the Articles of Confederation Congress certified that the new Constitution had been ratified by more than enough states for the new system to be implemented and directed the new government to meet in New York City on the first Wednesday in March the following year . On March 4, 1789, the new frame of government came into force with eleven of the thirteen states participating . </P>

Which of these documents is not considered a basis of the us bill of rights