It was the 13th Colony to ratify the US Constitution.
No. The first colony to ratify the Constitution and become a state was Delaware. But Virginia was the first colony to be settled.
It was one of the first to be settled as a British colony, but it was the 5th to ratify the American Constitution.
No, Rhode Island. Georgia was the last colonysettled, but the fourth to ratify the Constitution.
The Last colony settled was Georgia but was 4th to ratify Constitution and become state; named after King George II
Georgia was the last colony to be founded. It was the 4th to ratify the Constitution and become a state.
Delaware was the first state to ratify the present constitution so it calls itself the first state.
Connecticut was admitted to the Union on January 9th, 1788 with its ratification of the US Constitution. Connecticut was the 5th of the original 13 colonies to ratify.
Delaware was the first colony to ratify the Constitution. This gives them the honor of being the first state.
yesActually, no. The last two "states" to actually ratify the US Constitution were Rhode Island and Vermont.North Carolina and Rhode Island were the last of the "original 13 states" to ratify the US Constitution.Strictly speaking, Vermont's ratification was unnecessary since it was admitted to the union as the 14th state after all of the original 13 states had ratified the Constitution, but it did ratify it. No other state ratified the Constitution since they were admitted as states pursuant to legislation alone.
New Hampshire ratified the US Constitution on June 21, 1788. New Hampshire was the 9th state to be admitted to the Union.
After the 13 original colonies, the Colony of Delaware became the 1st state, the State of Delaware. Delaware was the 1st state admitted to the Union and the 1st to ratify the Constitution of the United States. Vermont was the 14th state