Social Sciences and History / Unit 7 SSH 0614 short lesson, about 20 seconds
New Hampshire Makes Nine
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The idea
In June seventeen eighty-eight New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify, making the Constitution the law of the land. Virginia and New York, large and prosperous, followed shortly, and the remaining states joined.
In practice
Nine of thirteen was the threshold the document set for itself.
Where people slip
The exam asks the ninth state and the year, not the order of all thirteen.
Your place on the trail
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