Article VII: Nine States Made It Law
Article VII is one sentence. It is the sentence that made the Constitution law.
The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.
Thirty-nine men signed a proposal on September 17, 1787. It did not become a government when they adjourned. Article VII sent it to elected conventions, required nine states, and bound only the states that said yes. The Articles of Confederation would have
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