Some historians call the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut the earliest constitution of that state; it dates from 1638 and was used as a constitution after independence.
The first state to adopt a constitution as part of the move to independence was South Carolina, which did so on March 26, 1776.
The oldest state constitution in effect is the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which went into effect on October 25, 1780.
Pedro Castillo
Delaware was the first state to approve the US Constitution.
Delaware was the first state to ratify the US Constitution.
Virginia
Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution and become a state.
The first was Deleware
it is actually Delaware
Delaware, December 7, 1787
Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution on December 17, 1787. That is why the state motto is "The First State"
Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution on December 17, 1787. That is why the state motto is "The First State"
Delaware
Delaware, on December 7, 1789 became the first state to ratify the New Constitution with a unanimous vote.