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1788 (MDCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1788th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 788th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1780s decade. As of the start of ...
The Constitution went into effect on June 21, 1788, in the nine states that had ratified it, and the U.S. federal government began operations under it on March 4, 1789, when it was in effect in 11 out of the 13 states. [1] Since then, 37 states have been admitted into the Union.
June 21 – New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 9th U.S. state (see History of New Hampshire), the Constitution goes into effect. June 25 – Virginia ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 10th U.S. state under the new government (see History of Virginia).
June 21 • Having been ratified by nine of the thirteen states, the Constitution is officially established, and takes effect for those nine states. [54] June 25 • Ratification Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the Constitution (89–79). [38] [39] In addition to ratifying the constitution, Virginia requests that 20 alterations be ...
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution, ensuring that the Constitution would take effect. Rhode Island was the last state to ratify the Constitution under Article VII, doing so on May 29, 1790.
New Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify the Constitution, on 21 June 1788, thus completing sufficient ratification for the Constitution's consummation. Celebrations climaxed with the Federal Processions of July 1788. [2]
June 21, 1788 (9 of 13 states) Date effective: March 4, 1789 ... [21] [22] The majority of the 17 later amendments expand individual civil rights protections. Others ...
January 2, 1788 Georgia: 26 0 5 January 9, 1788 Connecticut: 128 40 6 February 6, 1788 Massachusetts: 187 168 7 April 26, 1788 Maryland: 63 11 8 May 23, 1788 South Carolina: 149 73 9 June 21, 1788 New Hampshire: 57 47 10 June 25, 1788 Virginia: 89 79 11 July 26, 1788 New York: 30 27 12 November 21, 1789 North Carolina: 194 77 13 May 29, 1790 ...