Because the two reaming states (New York and Virgina) voted not to ratify the states but to add a Bill of Rights
All of the states ratified the Constitution with the exception of Rhode Island. They finally ratified it in May of 1789.
All 13 original colonies ratified the Constitution. After that, States joining may not have explicitly voted to "approve" the Constitution? I'm not sure.
No representative of Rhode Island signed the constitution.
Connecticut is known as "The Consitution State" because it was the first of the original thirteen states to ratify the new US Constitution.
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The thirteen original colonies became the first thirteen states in The United States of America.
Delaware...the 'first state'...
When the U.S. was first formed, the thirteen colonies became the thirteen original states.
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Those were the states that voted on the first approved US Constitution.
New Hampshire became a state in 1788 when it ratified the US Constitution. It was one of the original thirteen colonies that came the first states.
The original thirteen colonies became the first (thirteen) states. Check out the related link listed below to see the original Betsy Ross flag featuring thirteen stars!
Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be born outside of the original 13 states. He was born in Kentucky.
The first "constitution" of the United States of America was the Articles of Confederation.
Kentucky on June 1, 1792