to make sure that every state agreed to the gov't they were going to follow
Many Antifederalists did not think that the Constitution would protect personal freedom.
The U.S. Constitution required the ratification of ten of the thirteen states to go into effect. Eventually all thirteen ratified it.
It was important that all 13 states ratify the Constitution so that they could establish and preserve national unity.
It was important that all 13 states ratify the Constitution so that they could establish and preserve national unity.
It was important that all 13 states ratify the Constitution so that they could establish and preserve national unity.
It was important that all 13 states ratify the Constitution so that they could establish and preserve national unity.
Only nine of the thirteen states had to vote to ratify or approve the United States Constitution. All thirteen states ultimately ratified the document that replaced the Articles of Confederation. On June 21, 1788 New Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify the Constitution and by May 20, 1790 with Rhode Island being the last state, all thirteen states approved ratification.
because if they didnt sign the constituton the constitution couldn't be passed
Article VII stated that only 9 of the 13 states were required to ratify the Constitution before it went into effect. All 13 eventually did so, but North Carolina (1789) and Rhode Island (1790) did so after the new government had already begun operating.
All three regions had several states ratify after January, 1788. the last of the thirteen colonies to ratify the Constitution was Rhode Island, in 1790.
after the civil war all the southern states had to ratify the constitution to be readmitted into the union.
to make sure that every state agreed to the gov't they were going to follow
All fifty. Here's the deal: When the United States converts a piece of land from a Territory to a State, its government is required to ratify the Constitution. The Ninth Amendment was written before the thirteen original colonies became states, and to join the Union as a state each colony had to ratify the Constitution in its entirety. All fifty states have ratified the Constitution, hence all fifty states have approved the Ninth Amendment.