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Rhode Island was the last state to ratify the constitution.
Rhode Island
It was the 12th state to ratify the Constitution, on November 21, 1789. (Rhode Island was the 13th of the original states to ratify.)
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North Carolina was the 12th state to ratify the United States Constitution. The first state to ratify the Constitution was Delaware.
Rhode Island, which had previously vetoed the Constitution, called a convention to ratify in 1790 after they were threatened that they would be considered a foreign government unless they did. North Carolina ratified after a Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution.
The delegates figured correctly that the remaining states would not be able to survive on their own.
Initially Rhode Island & North Carolina, but both ultimately did.
yesActually, no. The last two "states" to actually ratify the US Constitution were Rhode Island and Vermont.North Carolina and Rhode Island were the last of the "original 13 states" to ratify the US Constitution.Strictly speaking, Vermont's ratification was unnecessary since it was admitted to the union as the 14th state after all of the original 13 states had ratified the Constitution, but it did ratify it. No other state ratified the Constitution since they were admitted as states pursuant to legislation alone.
Rhode Island was the last of the thirteen original states to ratify the US Constitution on May 29, 1790.
North Carolina and Rhode Island.
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