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The total of nine states had to approve the Constitution to make it "the law of the land."
Nine States were required. They were ratified by state conventions and not the state legislatures.
The U.S. Constitution required the ratification of ten of the thirteen states to go into effect. Eventually all thirteen ratified it.
Atleast 9 of 13 states had to approve the original constitution before it could be ratified. Currently all states approve the US constitution (because they are technically bound by it). 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).
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Pennsylvania is one of the many states that decided to ratify the American Constitution.
The present Constitution of the United States is the original Constitution of the United States. It was ratified 17 September 1787. The Constitution has been amended 27 times, and the 27th Amendment was ratified 7 May 1992.
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All 13 states ratified the U.S. Constitution, which was considered in effect after two-thirds of them (9) had done so.All 13 ratified the U.S. Constitution. They only needed 9.9 - apex
The total of nine states had to approve the Constitution to make it "the law of the land."
There were 13 American colonies when the Constitution was written. It wasnt until December of 1787 - 3 months after the constitution was ratified that statehood was given to Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_statehood
Nine States were required. They were ratified by state conventions and not the state legislatures.
After four months of secret debate and many compromises, the proposed Constitution was submitted to the states for approval. Although the vote was close in some states, the Constitution was eventually ratified and the new Federal government came into existence in 1789.
Well 9 ratified it, and that put it into effect.