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The first state to ratify the new Constitution was:

Virginia
New York
Delaware
Rhode Island

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On December 7, 1787, Delaware was the first state to vote in favor of, or ratify, it. New Hampshire became the ninth state to accept the Constitution on June 21, 1788, which officially ended government under the Articles of Confederation.

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