New Hampshire. The Constitution required nine states to ratify. New Hampshire was the 9th.
The states for ratification
It was approval by the states of the constitution.
ratification
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.
The states for ratification.
Ratification.
ratification
The states for ratification
The original Bill of Rights in the US Constitution.
ratification
ratification by the states -apex
An example of Ratification (Formal Approval) is the Articles of Confederation in 1781. They needed to have 13 states to ratify the new government that would take place in the us.