In what year was the United States Constitution ratified by the required ninth state (New Hampshire) to become the law of the land?

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1788

The Constitution was signed in 1787, but Article VII required nine of the thirteen states to ratify it before it could take effect. New Hampshire's approval on June 21, 1788, officially ended the era of the Articles of Confederation.

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