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At least 9 of the thirteen had to approve it.
In June of 1788 after New Hampshire ratified.That was the date it was ratified, but the Constitution was actually officially ratified on March 4, 1789. :)-volleyballgirl7
The Constitution was ratified by the nine states required in Article VII in June 1788, but the Framers provided that it didn't become the legal framework for government until March 4, 1789, when it officially replaced the Articles of Confederation.
Article VII stated that only 9 of the 13 states were required to ratify the Constitution before it went into effect. All 13 eventually did so, but North Carolina (1789) and Rhode Island (1790) did so after the new government had already begun operating.
The Articles of Confederation.
At least 9 of the thirteen had to approve it.
Rhode island ratified the Constitution.
The new Constitution went into effect on March 4, 1789. It had been ratified by the required 9 states by June 21, 1788, but it was not effective at that time.
The new Constitution went into effect on March 4, 1789. It had been ratified by the required 9 states by June 21, 1788, but it was not effective at that time.
In June of 1788 after New Hampshire ratified.That was the date it was ratified, but the Constitution was actually officially ratified on March 4, 1789. :)-volleyballgirl7
ratified them
The US Constitution became a legitimate source of authority when it had been ratified by the required 9 states, which happened on 21 Jun 1788. At that point it went into effect for those states that had ratified it and the Congress of the Confederation began the transition process and the government began to operate under the Constitution on 4 March 1789.
When the Constitution went into effect, agriculture was still the dominant industry in the United States.
The Constitution was ratified by the nine states required in Article VII in June 1788, but the Framers provided that it didn't become the legal framework for government until March 4, 1789, when it officially replaced the Articles of Confederation.
The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the same.
The constitution is the document that establishes the laws of United States, and is the supreme law in this country. It was ratified by the various states in 1787 and 1788, and became law in 1789.
Ratified in 1919 and went into effect in 1920.