Exploring the Foundations of American Democracy

Ratification of the Constitution Votes of State Ratifying Conventions Ratification • Se Officially adopted after ratified by New Hampshire. • Once the new Bon Constitutio government convened, they added a Bill of Rights to the Constitution. State Date For Against Delaware December 1787 30 0 Pennsylvania December 1787 46 23 New Jersey December 1787 38 0 Georgia January 1788 26 0 Connecticut January 1788 128 40 Massachusetts February 1788 187 168 Maryland April 1788 63 II South Carolina May 1788 149 73 New Hampshire June 1788 57 47 Virginia June 1788 89 79 New York July 1788 30 27 North Carolina November 1789 194 77 Rhode Island May 1790 34 32

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