Rhode Island was the 13th state to ratify the United States Constitution on May 29, 1790. Initially, Rhode Island was reluctant to join the Union and held out for three years before finally agreeing to ratify the document.
Illinois was the first state to ratify the 13th Amendment because they wanted Abraham Lincoln's home state to be the first to ratify they amendment.
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.
Delaware
Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution and become a state.
It was the 12th state to ratify the Constitution, on November 21, 1789. (Rhode Island was the 13th of the original states to ratify.)
Illinois was the first state to ratify the 13th Amendment because they wanted Abraham Lincoln's home state to be the first to ratify they amendment.
The first state to abolish slavery was Illinois.
It was the 13th Colony to ratify the US Constitution.
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.
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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.
Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the u.s constitution
The question asserts something that is not true. Rhode Island did ratify the Constitution, on May 29, 1790. Rhode Island was the 13th of the original 13 states to ratify the Constitution. Their delay in ratifying was part of an attempt to lobby for the Bill of Rights.