Delaware was the first state to approve the US Constitution.
not at first
It was ratified by state legislatures.
Delaware was the first state to ratify the US Constitution.
Delaware was the first state to ratify the US Constitution on December 7, 1787. This is why it has the state nickname The Constitution State.
When the US Constitution was revised it would not be ratified (go into effect) unless 9 states approved it and accepted it.
Virginia
Delaware.
Texas
Delaware was the first US colony to organize as a state and craft a state constitution. It did so on December 7, 1787, becoming the first state to join the newly formed United States of America. The Delaware Constitution of 1776 served as the basis for their state constitution.
1787
Those were the states that voted on the first approved US Constitution.
Delware was the first state to ratify the Constitution.