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9 states were needed to ratify the new US Constitution according to Article VII of the Constitution. The number of states needed was never specified as a fraction, the way the Constitution specifies for an amendment.
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ViviThat depends. According to the Articles of Confederation modifications to the Constitution required a unanimous vote. On the other hand, the US Constitution indicated that it would take effect as soon as it had the approval of nine colonies.
Twelve colonies immediately ratified it and Rhode Island finally got around to it after the rest of them threatened to start treating it like a foreign country.
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How many states were needed to ratify the constitution and why?
9 states were needed to ratify the Constitution
What allowed the constitution to be eventually ratified?
After four months of secret debate and many compromises, the proposed Constitution was submitted to the states for approval. Although the vote was close in some states, the Constitution was eventually ratified and the new Federal government came into existence in 1789.
Which amendment was passed first and by how many years?
The first ten amendments were presented and ratified with the Constitution. The Constitution would probably not have been ratified without the rights guaranteed to the states and people in these amendments, which are called the Bill of Rights.
How For the constitution to be approved how many states of the original thirteen were needed to ratify it?
nine
How many states were needed to ratify the constitution before it become a law?
9 states
