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Ratification by state convention has been used but one time as established by Article V of the United States Constitution. State ratification was employed for ratification of the 21st Amendment in 1933..
"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut"
The Articles of Confederation.
Ratification by state legislatures has been used for all amendments except the 21st. The 21st anemdment was ratified by the state conventions.
There are 27 amendments to the US Constitution. However, only 17 of them qualify as "changes", because the first 10, collectively referred to as the "Bill of Rights", was ratified WITH the Constitution itself. Since the ratification of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, only 17 amendments have been ratified.