In 1790 eleven states raitfied the constitution so that it could take effect. It took ten months for them to get eleven states to actually raitfy the constitution.
9 out of 13 states were needed to ratify the constitution
9 out of 13
All 13 states had to ratify the US Constitution for it to take effect.
9 states
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South Carolina was the 8th state to ratify the Constitution. For the Constitution to go into effect, they needed 9 out of 13 states to ratify. The state after South Carolina would be the ninth state.
Article 7 of the Constitution was written to state that nine of the thirteen states had to ratify, or approve, the Constitution before it could go into effect.
NINE
3/4 of state legislatures :D
Article VII of the US Constitution required 9 states to ratify it before it became effective.
Enough states ratify the constitution for it to go into effect. APEX
The 9th state was New Hampshire, and only 9 were required to ratify in order for the Constitution to take effect. The other 4 states did eventually ratify as well.New Hampshire