MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NEW US GOVERNMENT
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Connecticut
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Delaware
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Detailed explanation-1: -In November 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. Rhode Island, which opposed federal control of currency and was critical of compromise on the issue of slavery, resisted ratifying the Constitution until the U.S. government threatened to sever commercial relations with the state.
Detailed explanation-2: -North Carolina: November 21, 1789. Rhode Island: May 29, 1790 (Rhode Island did not hold a Constitutional Convention.)
Detailed explanation-3: -On this day in 1789, North Carolina ratified the U.S. Constitution to become the 12th state in the Union.
Detailed explanation-4: -However, the terms of the Massachusetts Compromise reached in February 1788 stipulated that amendments to that effect-what became the Bill of Rights-would be immediately proposed. The constitution was subsequently ratified by Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, and, finally, New Hampshire.
Detailed explanation-5: -Then, New York ratified it in July 1788, next was North Carolina in November 1789, and lastly Rhode Island in May 1790.