MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NEW US GOVERNMENT
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fifty
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twenty
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nine
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Detailed explanation-1: -Article VII stipulated that nine states had to ratify the Constitution for it to go into effect.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Constitution would take effect once it had been ratified by nine of the thirteen State legislatures; unanimity was not required. During the debate over the Constitution, two factions emerged: the Federalists, who supported adoption, and the Anti-Federalists, who opposed it.
Detailed explanation-3: -New Hampshire became the ninth state to accept the Constitution on June 21, 1788, which officially ended government under the Articles of Confederation. It was not until May 29, 1790, that the last state, Rhode Island, finally ratified the Constitution.
Detailed explanation-4: -The time span covered is 5 years, 9 months, from March 25, 1785 to January 10, 1791.