What was conditional ratification? an anonymous author wrote a set of documents urging the adoption of the u. s. constitution. these documents were signed "conditional ratifier." article vii of the constitution, which lays out the conditions for ratification. massachusetts and four other states ratified the constitution with the condition that it would be amended soon after it went into effect. the federalist warning that the united states would be in a terrible condition if it did not ratify the constitution.