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
Nine of the States.
At least 9 of the thirteen had to approve it.
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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.
Article 7 of the Constitution was written to state that nine of the thirteen states had to ratify, or approve, the Constitution before it could go into effect.
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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.
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.
The dates mark different events in the creation, ratification and operation of the Constitution. Legally, the original Articles of the Constitution didn't go into effect until March 4, 1789; the Bill of Rights went into effect when it was ratified on December 15, 1791.May 1787 Delegates arrived at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia to begin work on the ConstitutionSeptember 17, 1787 Constitution completed and adopted by ConventionJune 21, 1788 Constitution ratified by the StatesMarch 4, 1789 Date Constitution went into effect, by prior agreementSeptember 25, 1789 Bill of Rights (Amendments 1 - 10) proposed and adoptedDecember 15, 1791 Bill of Rights ratified by the States
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