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  2. Timeline of drafting and ratification of the United States ...

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    Dates the 13 states ratified the Constitution 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).

  3. List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union

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    The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]

  4. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    When submitted to the states, ratification by 36 states was required for it to become part of the Constitution, as there were forty-eight states. Twenty-eight had ratified the amendment by early 1937, but none have done so since. To become part of the Constitution today, ratification by an additional ten would be required. [176]

  5. 10 things you didn't know about the Constitution - AOL

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    But it wasn't until 1788 that the Constitution was ratified by the nine states needed. ... only 27 amendments have received the necessary approval from the states to be added to the Constitution ...

  6. This is how many amendments there are in the U.S ... - AOL

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    We have had 27 Amendments to the United States Constitution since it was first ratified in 1789. ... When the states have ratified the proposed amendment, then it becomes part of the Constitution. ...

  7. Admission to the Union - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Article Seven of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution, doing so on December 7, 1787. 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.

  9. History of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The United States Constitution has served as the supreme law of the United States since taking effect in 1789. The document was written at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention and was ratified through a series of state conventions held in 1787 and 1788.