Home›Articles›The Promise That Got the Constitution RatifiedArticlesThe Promise That Got the Constitution RatifiedConstitutional Courts and Comparative ConstitutionalismCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextLaw Atlas. "The Promise That Got the Constitution Ratified." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://law.interactiveatlas.org/articles/the-promise-that-got-the-constitution-ratified.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextLaw Atlas. (n.d.). The Promise That Got the Constitution Ratified. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://law.interactiveatlas.org/articles/the-promise-that-got-the-constitution-ratifiedCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{lawatlas-the-promise-that-got-the-constitution-ra, author = {Law Atlas}, title = {The Promise That Got the Constitution Ratified}, year = {2026}, url = {https://law.interactiveatlas.org/articles/the-promise-that-got-the-constitution-ratified}, note = {Accessed September 8, 2026} }Copy BibTeXCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsArticle OnConstitution of the United States, Codes Well-attested SourcesConstitution of the United States (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaRatification by the states sectionQuote, Ratification by the states sectionNorth Carolina waited to ratify the Constitution until after the Bill of Rights was passed by the new Congress, and Rhode Island's ratification would only come after a threatened trade embargo.View the SourceLawAtlas Long-Form Articles, First EditionComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year