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Which state ratified the Constitution when Alexander Hamilton threatened to lead a prominent city to secede from the state?


New York


South Carolina


Delaware


Massachusetts

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New York

Alexander Hamilton, a leading New Yorker and chief Federalist in the state's ratifying convention, reportedly threatened that New York City might break away if the state refused to ratify; New York ratified the Constitution on July 26, 1788.