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1. What makes the ratification of North Carolina unique from the other states?

2. How were North Carolina and Rhode Island similar in their ratification process?
3. Why do you think some states ratified the Constitution after it went into effect?

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Answer: On this day in 1789, North Carolina ratified the U.S. Constitution to become the 12th state in the Union.In November 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. Rhode Island, which opposed federal control of currency and was critical of compromise on the issue of slavery, resisted ratifying the Constitution until the U.S. government threatened to sever commercial relations with the state.The ratifying conventions served the necessary function of informing the public of the provisions of the proposed new government. They also served as forums for proponents and opponents to articulate their ideas before the citizenry. Significantly, state conventions, not Congress, were the agents of ratification.

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