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They got the U.S. Constitution approved by the government.
9 states were needed to ratify the Constitution
It needed to be ratified by 9 of 13 states.
The states 'ratified' it after 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention 'adopted' it (Sept. 17, 1787). For the Constitution to be ratified, 9 of the 13 states had to ratify it. New Hampshire on June 21, 1788 was the 9th state. Within a month Virginia and New York followed. North Carolina (1790) and Rhode Island (1791) ratified after Washington became President (1789). there were 13 states Delaware Pennsylvania New Jersey Georgia Connecticut Massachusetts Maryland South Carolina New Hampshire Virginia New York North Carolina Rhode Island
The drafters of the Constitution knew that all the states would not ratify the Constitution and give up their rights to control the Federal government created under the Articles of Confederation. Therefore, they made it to where it only required the ratification of 9 of the original 13 states.