more than a year
...that Rhode Island ratified the United States Constitution more than a year after the new government had started operating?
...that <a href="./Rhode_Island" id="mwDdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> ratified the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./United_States_Constitution" id="mwDd0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Constitution">United States Constitution</a> <b id="mwDd4"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Timeline_of_the_United_States_Constitution" id="mwDd8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Timeline of the United States Constitution">more than a year</a></b> after the new government had started operating?