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(Saturday, November 21, 1789) — The General Assembly, meeting today in Fayetteville, ratified the United States Constitution, making North Carolina the twelfth state.

The General Assembly had declined to ratify the Constitution in 1788, suggesting many amendments and calling for a Bill of Rights.

On Nov. 16, 1789, a second convention met to take up the matter again. The Constitution, with the addition of the Bill of Rights, was ratified five days into the convention.