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Once the constitution was written and signed, it still had to be ratified, or approved, by two-thirds of the states. since there were only 13 states at the time, this meant it had to be ratifies by nine states?

1; what does it mean to ratify

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to formally approve of something
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To ratify means to formally approve or give formal consent to something, such as a treaty, constitution, or law. In the context of the United States Constitution, ratification by the states was necessary for the Constitution to become the supreme law of the land. This process required the approval of at least nine of the thirteen states.

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