three-fourths of the states had to ratify the constitution for it to take effect.
The United States Constitution was adopted in 1787.
The US constitution was ratified by the governments of the original 13 colonies. The remaining 37 states of the union implicity ratified the constitution just by applying to join the existing union./nine states
The House of Representatives was created by the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution was written in 1787 and took effect (due to having been ratified by nine states) in 1789.
At least 9 of the thirteen had to approve it.
When the US Constitution was revised it would not be ratified (go into effect) unless 9 states approved it and accepted 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
Article seven describes the process by which the Constitution was ratified and took effect
The US Constitution was ratified by the required 9 states of June 1788
new york and new jersey
It needed to be ratified by 9 of 13 states.
Well 9 ratified it, and that put it into effect.
All 13 states ratified the U.S. Constitution, which was considered in effect after two-thirds of them (9) had done so.All 13 ratified the U.S. Constitution. They only needed 9.9 - apex