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Question

"When was the US constitution ratified?????"
that is my homework question.
if u don't know plz don't give me a fake answer.

Answer 1

The constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787


The constitution was ratified on June 21, 1788


Hope this helps!

{EDIT} hey I agree with below me--you should be doing your own homework!!

Answer 2

[edit] Ratification of the United States Constitution
Main article: History of the United States Constitution.

Article Seven of the constitution of the United States describes the process by which the entire document was to become effective. It required that nine of the thirteen original States ratify the constitution through legislative approval. With eleven states having done so, the Congress of the Confederation passed a resolution on September 13, 1787 to put the new Constitution into operation.

Answer 3

It was adopted in its original form on September 17, 1787 by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and later ratified by state-selected delegates representing the people of the several states.[1][2] When delegates in nine of the then thirteen states ratified the document, it marked the creation of a union of sovereign states, and a federal government to administer that union. It took effect on March 4, 1789, replacing the weaker, non-centralized union that existed under the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution of the United States is the oldest constitution for a federal system still in use.[3] The original transcribed copy of the document is on display at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

Answer 4

Delaware, on December 7, 1787, became the first State to ratify the new Constitution, the vote being unanimous. Pennsylvania ratified on December 12, 1787, by a vote of 46 to 23 (66.67%), a vote scarcely indicative of the struggle which had taken place in that State. New Jersey ratified on December 19, 1787, and Georgia on January 2, 1788, the vote in both States being unanimous. Connecticut ratified on January 9, 1788; yeas 128, nays 40. (76%). After it was ratified in Connecticut, a bitter debate occurred in Massachusetts. On February 6, 1788, Massachusetts, by a narrow margin of 196 votes in a convention with a membership of 355 (196 Votes – 55%], endorsed the new Constitution, but recommended that a bill of rights be added to protect the States from federal encroachment on individual liberties. Maryland ratified on April 28, 1788; yeas 63 (85%), nays 11. South Carolina ratified on May 23, 1788; yeas 149 (67%), nays 73. On June 21, 1788, by a vote of 57 (55%) to 46, New Hampshire became the ninth State to ratify, but like Massachusetts, it suggested a bill of rights.

By the terms of the Constitution nine States were sufficient for its establishment among the States so ratifying. The advocates of the new Constitution realized, however, that the new Government could not succeed without the addition of New York and Virginia, neither of which had ratified.

Madison, Marshall, and Randolph led the struggle for ratification in Virginia. Virginia was sharply divided. Although George Washington was not present at the Virginia convention, his support for the Constitution influenced the final vote. Opposing ratification in the Richmond, Virginia convention were both George Mason, who had originally supported the Virginia Plan in Philadelphia, and Patrick Henry. The influence of James Madison and Governor Edmund Randolph, arguing for ratification, carried the state legislature on June 25, 1788, by a narrow margin of 10 votes in a convention of 168 members (94 Votes - 55.9%).

In New York an attempt to attach conditions to ratification almost succeeded, but on July 26, 1788, New York ratified, with a recommendation that a bill of rights be appended. The vote was close--yeas 30 (52.6%), nays 27, due largely to Hamilton's forensic abilities and his reaching a few key compromises with moderate anti-Federalists led by Melancton Smith. Opposition to ratification was led by Governor George Clinton.

Eleven States having thus ratified the Constitution, North Carolina added its ratification on November 21, 1789; with 184 (70.4%) advocating it, and 77 (29.6%) against it. Rhode Island did not ratify until May 29, 1790; yeas 34 (51.5%), nays 32.) the Continental Congress--which still functioned at irregular intervals--passed a resolution on September 13, 1788, to put the new Constitution into operation.

Answer 5

cant u research it urself? i'm sure if u just type constitution into the search engine it'll come up
plus if ur studying it in school dont u have a textbk?
i wanna say 1781 off the top of my head but idk, maybe not. it's def around there tho

Answer 6

Ummm.... I dont think you should be asking your homework question on here becasuse if u get graded on it we would be the ones doing your WORK!