Number of states needed to ratify the Constitution?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

3/4. As there are 50 states, 38 would have to ratify an amendment to make it effective.

Answer 3

Nine out of thirteen states had to ratify the constitution. Any amendment to the Constitution must be ratified by three-fourths of the states after a two-thirds approval by Congress.

Answer 4

61 states hahaha


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Answer 5

Article VII of the Constitution of the United States provided that it would go into effect when nine of the thirteen states had ratified it.

Answer 6

500 states where required to ratify the construction

Answer 7

nine states ratified

Answer 8

nine out of thirteen states

Answer 9

9 of the 13 original colonies