<Li> Pennsylvania: Articles Three through Twelve on March 10, 1790, and Article One on September 21, 1791 </Li> <Li> Rhode Island: Articles One and Three through Twelve on June 7, 1790, and Article Two on June 10, 1993 </Li> <Li> Vermont: Articles One through Twelve on November 3, 1791 </Li> <Li> Virginia: Article One on November 3, 1791, and Articles Two through Twelve on December 15, 1791 (After failing to ratify the 12 amendments during the 1789 legislative session .) </Li>

Ten years after the new us government went into effect the bill of rights was added