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  1. The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution.

  2. Jul 8, 2019 · By Robert Longley. Between Dec. 7, 1787, and May 29, 1790, each of the colonies became states. Since that time, 37 additional states have been added. Not all states were territories before they became states, however. Three of the new states were independent sovereign states at the time they were admitted (Vermont, Texas, and California), and ...

    State
    Status Before Statehood
    Date Admitted To The Union
    1
    Delaware
    Colony
    2
    Colony
    3
    New Jersey
    Colony
    4
    Georgia
    Colony
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  4. Perhaps with the understanding that the inclusion of all thirteen of the states in the Preamble was more precatory than realistic,15 Footnote See Charles Warren, The Making of the Constitution 394 (1928) (arguing it was “necessary to eliminate from the preamble the names of the specific States; for it could not be known, at the date of the ...

    • Delaware. 1787: December 7 (Ratification date – one of the original U.S. colonies) Delaware is known as the First State because it was the first state to ratify, or sign, the United States Constitution.
    • Pennsylvania. 1787: December 12 (Ratification date – one of the original U.S. colonies) The term “Keystone State” comes from the fact that Pennsylvania serves as a geographic link between the Northeastern and Southern United States, as well as the Atlantic and Midwest coasts.
    • New Jersey. 1787: December 18 (Ratification date – one of the original U.S. colonies) Large portions of New Jersey’s northwestern and southern regions are very rural.
    • Georgia. 1788: January 2 (Ratification date – one of the original U.S. colonies) Georgia was the last and southernmost of the original Thirteen Colonies to be established.
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  6. 3 days ago · Constitution of the United States of America, the fundamental law of the U.S. federal system of government and a landmark document of the Western world. The oldest written national constitution in use, it defines the principal organs of government and their jurisdictions and the basic rights of citizens.

  7. By that date, a total of 13.5 percent of all blacks in the United States were free. After that date, with the demand for slaves on the rise because of the Deep South's expanding cotton cultivation, the number of manumissions declined sharply; and an internal U.S. slave trade became an important source of wealth for many planters and traders.

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