For the U.S. Constitution to be established, Article VII held that it would have to be ratified by
A) a majority of the members of the House of Representatives.
B) two-thirds of the state legislatures.
C) nine state conventions.
D) a majority of the people in direct elections in all thirteen states.
E) a national constitutional convention.

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Article VII required that the Constitution be ratified by nine out of the thirteen state conventions, rather than through approval by the national government, which would have given too much power to the federal government at the expense of the states. This process allowed for a decentralized and democratic approach to securing the Constitution's legitimacy.

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