They got the U.S. Constitution approved by the government.
9 states were needed to ratify the Constitution
It needed to be ratified by 9 of 13 states.
The states 'ratified' it after 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention 'adopted' it (Sept. 17, 1787). For the Constitution to be ratified, 9 of the 13 states had to ratify it. New Hampshire on June 21, 1788 was the 9th state. Within a month Virginia and New York followed. North Carolina (1790) and Rhode Island (1791) ratified after Washington became President (1789). there were 13 states Delaware Pennsylvania New Jersey Georgia Connecticut Massachusetts Maryland South Carolina New Hampshire Virginia New York North Carolina Rhode Island
The drafters of the Constitution knew that all the states would not ratify the Constitution and give up their rights to control the Federal government created under the Articles of Confederation. Therefore, they made it to where it only required the ratification of 9 of the original 13 states.
There were thirteen colonies at the time. They wrote that Nine out of Thirteen had to agree to the constitution for it to go into effect.
The U.S. Constitution required the ratification of ten of the thirteen states to go into effect. Eventually all thirteen ratified it.
They got the U.S. Constitution approved by the government.
When the US Constitution was revised it would not be ratified (go into effect) unless 9 states approved it and accepted it.
Territories had constitutions that had to be approved by congress while states did not have to have their constitutions approved. Before a territory could enter the Union they needed to draft an acceptable state constitution.
Territories had constitutions that had to be approved by congress while states did not have to have their constitutions approved. Before a territory could enter the Union they needed to draft an acceptable state constitution.
Two-thirds of the states needed to ratify the US Constitution for it to become law. This meant 9 states were needed. However, all 13 of the original states did ratify the Constitution with Rhode Island being the last one in 1790.
You didn't even phrase that as a question, it was a statement with a question mark at the end of it. Did you mean "Did all thirteen COLONIES have to approve the Constitution?" The answer is no, and some did not in time anyway.
Septemeber 17, 1987 - the proposed U.S. Constitution was signed. June 21, 1788 - Constitution ratified by New Hampshire, thus making for nine of the thirteen states needed for official ratification of the U.S. Constitution. May 29, 1790 - Constitution is ratified by all 13 states of the U.S.
9 states were needed to ratify the Constitution
What decisions needed to be approved by the states from the Articles of Confederation
Article V requires that for an Amendment to the Constitution to be effective, it must be approved by either three-quarters of the legislatures or Constitutional conventions of all the states. This fraction was chosen because the framers of the Constituton agreed that the Constitution itself had to be approved by the 3/4 of the states. Since approval of 3/4 of the states was needed to approve the Constitution in the first place, it made sense to require the same percentage of states to agree to amend it.