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Did the thirteen US states ratify the Constitution before it became effective?
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∙ 15y ago
Ratification of the Constitution
-- dates, states and votes --DateStateVotesYesNo1December 7, 1787Delaware3002December 11, 1787Pennsylvania46233December 18, 1787New Jersey3804January 2, 1788Georgia2605January 9, 1788Connecticut128406February 6, 1788Massachusetts1871687April 26, 1788Maryland63118May 23, 1788South Carolina149739June 21, 1788New Hampshire574710June 25, 1788Virginia897911July 26, 1788New York302712November 21, 1789North Carolina1947713May 29, 1790Rhode Island3432
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 15y agoNo. March 4, 1789 had been chosen as the doy the new government would open for business under the new Constitution. At that date the Constitution had been ratified by only 11 states. These were Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachussetts, maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia and New York. That was enough to adopt it. North Carolina and Rhode Island ratified it after it became effective.
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∙ 9y agoYes... Until each state ratified the Constitution it had no congressional representation and could not vote in presidential elections. North Carolina and Rhode Island did not vote in the first presidential election because they had not yet ratified the Constitution.
Although the original thirteen states were states under the Articles of Confederation, their official statehood dates are the dates on which they ratified the Constitution...
- Delaware -- 7th December 1787 (hence its nickname, "The First State")
- Pennsylvania -- 12th December 1787
- New Jersey -- 18th December 1787
- Georgia -- 2nd January 1788
- Connecticut -- 9th January 1788
- Massachusetts -- 6th February 1788
- Maryland -- 28th April 1788
- South Carolina -- 23rd May 1788
- New Hampshire -- 21st June 1788
- Virginia -- 25th June 1788
- New York -- 26th July 1788
- North Carolina -- 21st November 1789
- Rhode Island -- 29th May 1790
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∙ 16y agothe date of each of the 13 states were ratifiedof the constitution
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∙ 13y agoNo, Article VII ofthe Constitution required 9 states to ratify it before it would become effective.
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∙ 14y agobecause if they didnt they would not have a constitution
actually, they only needed 9 out of 13 votes to ratify the constitution
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∙ 11y agono, only 9 out of 13 states had to accept
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∙ 16y agoyes
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Did the state of Kansas vote for the ratification of the US Constitution?
No. The Constitution was ratified by the thirteen original colonies long before Kansas was US territory.
Why was article 7 written?
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.
How many states had to ratify the constitution it took effect?
9
How many people were president before the constitution?
None. Until 1789 there was no US government and that is when the constitution was signed and Washington became President.
How many states approved to the Constitution to make it the law of the land?
it had to be nine states to approve the constitution before it became a law HI
Is it true that every one of the thirteen states had to ratify the articles of confederation before it became effective?
True.
How many states were needed to approve the proposed constitution before it would take effect?
Article VII of the US Constitution required 9 states to ratify it before it became effective.
What document was written before the constitution that ruled the thirteen new states?
The document that was written before the Constitution was the Articles of Confederation.
This state's signing ratified the Constitiution?
New Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify the US Constitution on June 21, 1788. Article VII of the Constitution stated that 9 states had to ratify it before it became effective.
Did the state of Kansas vote for the ratification of the US Constitution?
No. The Constitution was ratified by the thirteen original colonies long before Kansas was US territory.
How many of the 13 states needed to approve the Constitution before the new government of the US could come into existence?
You didn't even phrase that as a question, it was a statement with a question mark at the end of it. Did you mean "Did all thirteen COLONIES have to approve the Constitution?" The answer is no, and some did not in time anyway.
How many states had to ratify the constitution before it could be a law and who was the last state to ratify?
Article VII of the Constitution required nine of thirteen states to ratify the Constitution for it to become law. In June 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state. Rhode Island was the last of the states to ratify, in May 1790.
The us constitution was ratified in 1788. how many years passed before the bill of rights was added to the constitution?
December 15, 1791 was the date that Virginia became the 11th state to ratify the Bill of Rights. At that point, the Bill of Rights were effective.
The US Constitution was ratified in 1788 how many years passed before the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution?
December 15, 1791 was the date that Virginia became the 11th state to ratify the Bill of Rights. At that point, the Bill of Rights were effective.
Why was article 7 written?
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.
How many states had to ratify the constitution it took effect?
9
What fraction of the states had to approve the Constitution before it became the law of the land?
2/3 of the states had to approve it before the Constitution became the law of the land. But even then it was only the law of the land for the states that had ratified it..
