It was a little over twenty-nine months till it became effective.
three-fourths of the states had to ratify the constitution for it to take effect.
In 1790 eleven states raitfied the constitution so that it could take effect. It took ten months for them to get eleven states to actually raitfy the constitution.
Article VII
Article Seven of the United States Constitution describes how many state ratifications are necessary for the Constitution to take effect.
9 out of 13 states were needed to ratify the constitution
All 13 states had to ratify the US Constitution for it to take effect.
When the US Constitution was revised it would not be ratified (go into effect) unless 9 states approved it and accepted it.
4 MONTHS
it took 7 months to write the bill of rights and was added to the constitution to ensure the people that the new nation we call the United States of America would not take away their rights. -cem1223
The Constitution was written to take effect as soon as Washington was sworn in as the first President.
The Constitution. :)
Around 4 months.