North Carolina (November 21, 1789) and Rhode Island (May 29, 1790). They were in effect considering both the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, which had been proposed under the new Congress in September, 1789.
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North Carolina ratified the U.S. Constitution on November 21, 1789. Rhode Island ratified the U.S. Constitution on May 29, 1790.
The Constitution was ratified by all 13 colonies. The last two states to ratify it were North Carolina and Rhode Island.
An amendment is an addition, deletion of modification of the contents of the U.S. Constitution. It can be ratified through a majority vote of two-thirds in both legislature houses, and by a constitutional convention.
9 out of 13 states had to approve or ratify. The process was called ratification
Rhode Island and North Carolina were the two states that refused to ratify the Constitution unless there was a Bill of Rights.
Regardless of which of the two proposal routes is taken, the amendment must be ratified, or approved, by three-fourths of states. \STATES