Match the state to the best description of the part they played in the ratification process.
Deleware Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Virginia
First key battleground state over the debate that ultimately ratified in February 1788
First state to ratify the Constitution in December of 1787
Last State to ratify the Constitution in May of 1790
Ninth state to ratify the Constitution and allow it to go in effect in June of 1788.
State where the governor gave support to ratify only after it was promised that Federalist would support a bill of rights.
First key battleground state over the debate that ultimately ratified in February 1788
First state to ratify the Constitution in December of 1787
Last State to ratify the Constitution in May of 1790
Ninth state to ratify the Constitution and allow it to go in effect in June of 1788.
State where the governor gave support to ratify only after it was promised that Federalist would support a bill of rights.
Deleware: First state to ratify the Constitution in December of 1787
Massachusetts: First key battleground state over the debate that ultimately ratified in February 1788
New Hampshire: Ninth state to ratify the Constitution and allow it to go in effect in June of 1788
Rhode Island: Last State to ratify the Constitution in May of 1790
Virginia: State where the governor gave support to ratify only after it was promised that Federalists would support a bill of rights