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Nine states had to ratify the Constitution before it could become law.
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Nine of the thirteen states had to ratify it, which they did in June 1788.
The rule requiring that nine states ratify the constitution to make it a working document is the Fourth Amendment to the US constitution. It was tabled before Congress in 1789.
Delaware was the first state to ratify the United States Constitution, on December 7, 1787. Its ratification was significant because it ensured that the Constitution had the approval of at least nine of the thirteen states, which was the number required for it to go into effect.
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Approval by conventions of nine of the states was required to ratify the Constitution.
Article VII of the Constitution required nine of thirteen states to ratify the Constitution for it to become law. In June 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state. Rhode Island was the last of the states to ratify, in May 1790.
New Hampshire. The Constitution required nine states to ratify. New Hampshire was the 9th.
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