South Carolina was the 8th state to ratify the Constitution. For the Constitution to go into effect, they needed 9 out of 13 states to ratify. The state after South Carolina would be the ninth state.
verging Rhode Island, the last state to ratify the constitution.
Rhode Island was the last state to ratify the constitution.
it took 9 states to ratify the Constitution
Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788.
Delaware...
New Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify the Constitution, and with its ratification, the Constitution was officially in effect.
Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the u.s constitution
On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the first state to approve the Constitution. By June 21, 1788, the ninth state-New Hampshire-ratified it. In theory, this made the Constitution law. However, without the support of the largest states-New York and Virginia-the new government could not succeed.
It was the 12th state to ratify the Constitution, on November 21, 1789. (Rhode Island was the 13th of the original states to ratify.)
Rhode Island was the last state to ratify the Constitution (May 29, 1790).
North Carolina was the 12th state to ratify the United States Constitution. The first state to ratify the Constitution was Delaware.