Rhode Island was the last state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
On May 4 , 1776 , the Colony of Rhode Island became the first of the Thirteen Colonies to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown , and was the fourth among the newly sovereign states to ratify the Articles of Confederation on February 9 , 1778 .
Rhode Island
was
the last state to ratify the Articles of Confederation
the fourth among the newly sovereign states to ratify the Articles of Confederation