The US Constitution was ratified by the governments of the original 13 colonies. The remaining 37 states of the union implicity ratified the constitution just by applying to join the existing union./nine states
At least 9 of the thirteen had to approve it.
Article VII stated that only 9 of the 13 states were required to ratify the Constitution before it went into effect. All 13 eventually did so, but North Carolina (1789) and Rhode Island (1790) did so after the new government had already begun operating.
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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
U.S. Const., Art. VII:"The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same."This clause provided for the original specifics as to State ratification of it.
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When the US Constitution was revised it would not be ratified (go into effect) unless 9 states approved it and accepted it.
The US Constitution was ratified by the required 9 states of June 1788
At least 9 of the thirteen had to approve it.
The US Constitution was ratified by the required 9 states of June 1788.
The U.S. Constitution required the ratification of ten of the thirteen states to go into effect. Eventually all thirteen ratified it.
In order for the Constitution to go into effect, at least nine out of the thirteen states needed to ratify it. This requirement was established in Article VII of the Constitution. Ultimately, the Constitution was ratified by the requisite number of states in 1788, leading to its implementation in 1789.
The new Constitution drafted by the convention required ratification by at least nine states to go into effect. This requirement is outlined in Article VII of the Constitution, which specifies that the Constitution would take effect once nine states ratified it. Therefore, the correct answer is B) Approval of at least nine states.
A law can go into effect after it has been ratified by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Also, it goes into effect if the President does not veto it.
The states that composed the United States: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, Rhode Island, and North Carolina.
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.
The Last amendment was added in 1992 which was the twenty-seventh amendment.