Delaware was the first state to approve the US Constitution.
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Delaware, on December 7, 1789 became the first state to ratify the New Constitution with a unanimous vote.
Delaware December 7, 1787 answered by: Vicko aka DJ Guyanastylz
Rhode Island was the last state to approve the US Constitution having done so on May 29, 1790.
Delaware was the first state to ratify the US Constitution on December 7, 1787. This is why it has the state nickname The Constitution State.
Article VII of the US Constitution required 9 states to ratify the Constitution for it to be effective.
According to the constitution to ratify the constitution: nine of the old 13 states needed to approve it, it became the law. On June 21, 1788 New Hampshire was the last state to ratify the constitution.
Delaware was the first US colony to organize as a state and craft a state constitution. It did so on December 7, 1787, becoming the first state to join the newly formed United States of America. The Delaware Constitution of 1776 served as the basis for their state constitution.
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