9 out of the 13 states/colonies had to ratify the Constitution to make it official.
9
The rule requiring that nine states ratify the constitution to make it a working document is the Fourth Amendment to the US constitution. It was tabled before Congress in 1789.
9 out of the 13 states
Three/ fourths
Ratify is what is necessary to change or make a new amendment to the constitution. If 2/3rds of the states vote to accept the amendment, the amendment passes and is changed or added to the constitutional amendments.
It currently requires 3/4ths or 38, not 34, states to ratify an amendment to the United States Constitution.
The approval of nine states
Only nine of the thirteen states had to vote to ratify or approve the United States Constitution. All thirteen states ultimately ratified the document that replaced the Articles of Confederation. On June 21, 1788 New Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify the Constitution and by May 20, 1790 with Rhode Island being the last state, all thirteen states approved ratification.
The Bill of Rights (ie the first ten ammendments to The Constitution)
to make sure that every state agreed to the gov't they were going to follow
Ratification needed a 2/3 majority, or 9 states.
Because 2/3 of the 50 states must ratify the amendment for it to become law.