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Briefly describe the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

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Though accepted by the convention, the Constitution had to be ratified by the people of the United States before it could take effect as the law of the land. The framers devised a system by which special state conventions of popularly elected delegates would be created to ratify the Constitution.

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they called for special ratifying conventions in each state. Ratification by 9 of the 13 states enacted the new government

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