Delaware was the first state to ratify the US Constitution on December 7, 1787. This is why it has the state nickname The Constitution State.
Maryland ratified the Constitution on April 28, 1788. It was the 7th state to raify the Constitution.
The first congress had a convention in Delaware over rhode island ratifying the constitution and then they all hit the peace pipe
Articles of Confederation
Connecticut was the first state to have a state constitution.
The Constitution was ratified during the years 1787 to 1790. But it became effective on March 4, 1789 after its ratification by a ninth state, New Hampshire, on June 21, 1788. The Constitution was completed on September 17, 1787, and at that point the process of ratification began. The first state to ratify it was Delaware, on December 7, 1787. According to the Constitution, it was to go into effect in those states that ratified it as soon as a total of nine states did so. The ninth state, New Hampshire, ratified it on June 21, 1788. The last of the original thirteen colonies to ratify the constitution was Rhode Island, which did so on May 29, 1790.
The first state admitted after the Constitution was ratified was Rhode Island.😁
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The Delaware ratified the Constitution of December 7, 1787
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The Bill of Rights wasn’t ratified separately from the constitution. It was the whole document that was ratified.
Delaware ratified the US Constitution on December 7, 1787. Source: Wikipedia
The first state that ratified the Constitution was Delaware. Next was Pennsylvania, followed by New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island.
All 13 of the original states ratified the Constitution. Delaware was the first on December 7, 1787 and Rhode Island was the last on May 29, 1790.
When a state voted to accept the Constitution, it ratified the constitution.