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Article 7 is about the ratification of the United States Constitution. Ratifacation is defined as: To approve and give formal support to; confirm.

For the constitution to going into effect it need all 13 of the colonies to aprove of it. However the Constitution need 9 of the colonies to pass it. Each state except Rhode island held Consitional coventions to let the citzens eexpress their fellings about the Constitution. Many people did not aprove of the Constitution these people were called Antifedralists. People that did aprove of the Constitution were known as Federalists. This is in the order the states Ratified the Constitution.

the first row is the dates the states ratified. the 2nd row is the states that ratified. the 3rd row is the # of yes`s of the constitution. the last row is the # of no`s.
 * 1 || [|December 7], [|1787] || [|Delaware] || 30 || 0 ||
 * 2 || [|December 12], [|1787] || [|Pennsylvania] || 46 || 23 ||
 * 3 || [|December 18], [|1787] || [|New Jersey] || 38 || 0 ||
 * 4 || [|January 2], [|1788] || [|Georgia] || 26 || 0 ||
 * 5 || [|January 9], [|1788] || [|Connecticut] || 128 || 40 ||
 * 6 || [|February 6], [|1788] || [|Massachusetts] || 187 || 168 ||
 * 7 || [|April 28], [|1788] || [|Maryland] || 63 || 11 ||
 * 8 || [|May 23], [|1788] || [|South Carolina] || 149 || 73 ||
 * 9 || [|June 21], [|1788] || [|New Hampshire] || 57 || 47 ||
 * 10 || [|June 25], [|1788] || [|Virginia] || 89 || 79 ||
 * 11 || [|July 26], [|1788] || [|New York] || 30 || 27 ||
 * 12 || [|November 21], [|1789] || [|North Carolina] || 194 || 77 ||
 * 13 || [|May 29], [|1790] || [|Rhode Island] || 34 || 32 ||