Below is the Full Text of Article VII: The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same. DONE in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth. In WITNESS whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names, Questions: 1.What is the purpose of Article VII?
Below is the Full Text of Article VII:
The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.
DONE in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth. In WITNESS whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names,
Questions:
1.What is the purpose of Article VII?
2. Why would the founders want an Article in this Constitution to confirm its ratification?
3. Out of all the signers of this ratification who is missing (state) and why do you think some states have more representatives than others?
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1. By the year 1786, the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation became apparent. These weaknesses led Congress to present a plan to draft a new constitution. The process through which the Articles of Confederation were ratified came to be known as the ratification of the constitution.
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