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The process wherby each state voted to accept the new US Constitution is called "ratification." This term is also used for acceptance of amendments to the constitution.
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Ratification.
ratification
ratification
The final section of the US Constitution is the Twenty-seventh Amendment. It prohibits a pay increase or decrease for Congress until the start of the next term.
U.S. House and Senate terms always begin on the 3rd of January ever since ratification of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution.
The people who opposed the original US Constitution were called antifederalists. Vocal opponents like Patrick Henry and George Mason led the charge in then creating the Bill of Rights, the original set of ten Constitutional Amendments which further specified the responsibilities of the state and federal governments as well as the rights of the people.
When people seek to change the constitution, they refer to it as amending the constitution
Ratification is a formal process to approve something, like a course of action, new law, etc.