Because they did not believe what was in it was good enough, they wanted to add a Bill of Rights which was eventually done
Rhode Island was the last state to ratify the constitution.
after the civil war all the southern states had to ratify the constitution to be readmitted into the union.
It was the 12th state to ratify the Constitution, on November 21, 1789. (Rhode Island was the 13th of the original states to ratify.)
North Carolina was the 12th state to ratify the United States Constitution. The first state to ratify the Constitution was Delaware.
Rhode Island, which had previously vetoed the Constitution, called a convention to ratify in 1790 after they were threatened that they would be considered a foreign government unless they did. North Carolina ratified after a Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution.
North Carolina originally did not ratify the Constitution. They chose to wait for the Bill of Rights to be added. Once the Bill of Rights was added, anti Federalists stopped their opposition to join the United States.
Initially Rhode Island & North Carolina, but both ultimately did.
North Carolina was the 12th state to ratify the United States Constitution. This took place in November of 1789. Rhode Island was the last of the original 13 Colonies to ratify the Constitution.
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North Carolina and Rhode Island.
north carolina and rhode island
Rhode Island