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  1. The ratification process for the Constitution began that day, and ended when the final state, Rhode Island, ratified it on May 29, 1790.

  2. By the spring conventions in the required nine states had ratified, and the Constitution could become law. But with powerful, populous, and highly divided Virginia and New York yet to vote, the legitimacy of the new national system had not yet been fully resolved.

    State
    State
    Date (admitted Or Ratified)
    Formed From
    1
    December 7, 1787 [8] (ratified)
    2
    December 12, 1787 [10] (ratified)
    Proprietary Province of Pennsylvania
    3
    December 18, 1787 [11] (ratified)
    Crown Colony of New Jersey
    4
    January 2, 1788 [8] (ratified)
    Crown Colony of Georgia
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  4. Date (admitted or ratified) Formed from 1 Delaware: December 7, 1787 (ratified) Colony of Delaware: 2 Pennsylvania: December 12, 1787 (ratified) Proprietary Province of Pennsylvania: 3 New Jersey: December 18, 1787 (ratified) Crown Colony of New Jersey: 4 Georgia: January 2, 1788 (ratified) Crown Colony of Georgia: 5 Connecticut: January 9, 1788

    State
    State
    Date (admitted Or Ratified)
    Formed From
    1
    December 7, 1787 [8] (ratified)
    2
    December 12, 1787 [10] (ratified)
    Proprietary Province of Pennsylvania
    3
    December 18, 1787 [11] (ratified)
    Crown Colony of New Jersey
    4
    January 2, 1788 [8] (ratified)
    Crown Colony of Georgia
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    • The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. The Preamble outlines the Constitution's purpose and guiding principles. It reads: The Bill of Rights were 10 amendments guaranteeing basic individual protections, such as freedom of speech and religion, that became part of the Constitution in 1791.
    • Articles of Confederation. America’s first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, was ratified in 1781, a time when the nation was a loose confederation of states, each operating like independent countries.
    • Forming a More Perfect Union. On May 25, 1787, the Constitutional Convention opened in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania State House, now known as Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence had been adopted 11 years earlier.
    • Debating the Constitution. The delegates had been tasked by Congress with amending the Articles of Confederation; however, they soon began deliberating proposals for an entirely new form of government.
  5. By 1977, the legislatures of 35 states had approved the amendment. In 1978, Congress voted to extend the original March 1979 deadline to June 30, 1982. However, no additional states voted yes before that date, and the ERA fell three states short of ratification.

  6. Constitution declared ratified July 2, 1788: New York: July 26, 1788: 30: 27: 31 amendments and an additional 25 items in a bill of rights proposed: North Carolina: Nov. 21, 1789: 195: 77: Ratified only after the First Congress sent 12 amendment proposals to the states for ratification. 26 amendments and an additional 20 items constituting a ...

  7. Hence, the ratification date given in the following essays is the date on which the legislature of a given state approved the particular amendment (signature by the speaker or presiding officers of both houses being considered a part of the ratification of the legislature ).

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