The states 'ratified' it after 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention 'adopted' it (Sept. 17, 1787). For the Constitution to be ratified, 9 of the 13 states had to ratify it. New Hampshire on June 21, 1788 was the 9th state. Within a month Virginia and New York followed. North Carolina (1790) and Rhode Island (1791) ratified after Washington became President (1789).
there were 13 states
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Georgia
Connecticut
Maryland
New Hampshire
Virginia
New York
North Carolina
Rhode Island
3/4. As there are 50 states, 38 would have to ratify an amendment to make it effective.
Nine out of thirteen states had to ratify the constitution. Any amendment to the Constitution must be ratified by three-fourths of the states after a two-thirds approval by Congress.
Article VII of the Constitution of the United States provided that it would go into effect when nine of the thirteen states had ratified it.
500 states where required to ratify the construction
nine states ratified
nine out of thirteen states
9 of the 13 original colonies
9 states were needed to ratify the Constitution
AnswerAccording to Article V of the US Constitution, 3/4 of the states are needed to ratify a Constitutional amendment. As there are currently 50 states, 38 states are needed to do this.
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C. Many states we’re not ready to ratify the constitution.
9 states were needed to ratify the Constitution
They needed at least 9 of the 13 states to ratify the Constitution before it became official.
2/3rds of votes were needed
9 states are needed to ratify the constitution
They needed to have 9 out of 13 states ratify the constitution.
nine states ratified
9 out of 13 states were needed to ratify the constitution
Two-thirds of the states needed to ratify the US Constitution for it to become law. This meant 9 states were needed. However, all 13 of the original states did ratify the Constitution with Rhode Island being the last one in 1790.
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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.
AnswerAccording to Article V of the US Constitution, 3/4 of the states are needed to ratify a Constitutional amendment. As there are currently 50 states, 38 states are needed to do this.
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