Liberty is a Plant of Rapid Growth Print

1788 was a significant year for the young United States of America. At the beginning of the year, the Articles of Confederation were still in effect while the Constitution was awaiting ratification from 10 states. George Washington, who was only one year away from being hoisted to the Presidency, wrote a letter to James Madison in March about Massachusetts’s decision to ratify, saying, “Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.”