9 out of 13 states were needed to ratify the constitution
It needed to be ratified by 9 of 13 states.
9 states
Congress had trouble passing the constitution because they needed a vote from the 9 of the 13 states.
Article VII of the US Constitution required 9 states to ratify it before it became effective.
They needed at least 9 of the 13 states to ratify the Constitution before it became official.
9 out of the 13 states
At least 9 of the thirteen had to approve it.
All 13 states had to ratify the US Constitution for it to take effect.
South Carolina was the 8th state to ratify the Constitution. For the Constitution to go into effect, they needed 9 out of 13 states to ratify. The state after South Carolina would be the ninth state.
The U.S. Constitution required the ratification of ten of the thirteen states to go into effect. Eventually all thirteen ratified it.
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.
When the US Constitution was revised it would not be ratified (go into effect) unless 9 states approved it and accepted it.