New Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify the US Constitution, technically establishing the Constitution as the law of the land and bringing the US into existence.
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John Langdon and Nicholas Gilman signed the US Constitution on behalf of New Hampshire.
The US Constitution was accepted and signed in September of 1787. It was officially ratified on June 21, 1788 when New Hampshire's legislature accepted it.
If you have the US Constitution in mind, then the last to ratify it was New Hampshire (21st June 1788), its ratificaation made the Constitution legally effective. The ratification of nine states was required for it and New Hampshire was the ninth state. However, from the last four states that eventually signed it was Rhode Island (1790).
On June 21, 1788 New Hampshire ratified the Constitution. The Constitution was SIGNED on September 17, 1787.
One piece of important history that happened in New Hampshire is that this state was the first one to start an independent government and create a constitution. New Hampshire also provided the ammunition for many battles during the Revolution.