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''For the full text of the U.S. Constitution, see [[Full Text of the United States Constitution]].''
'''Article VII''' of the [[United States Constitution]] explains the Constitution's ratification.
==Section 1==
'''Original Text'''
<br />''The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.''
<br />'''Meaning'''
<br />Article VII specifies that 9 of 13 original states had to ratify the Constitution before it would take effect. [[New Hampshire]] became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution on June 21, 1788.
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