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These states are presented in the order in which each ratified the 1787 Constitution and joined the others in the new (and current) federal government. The date of admission listed for each subsequent state is the official date set by Act of Congress.
20 wrz 2024 · Thanks to the Northwest Ordinance, six new states were eventually carved out of the Northwest Territory and admitted to the Union: Ohio (admitted in 1803), Indiana (1816), Illinois (1818), Michigan (1837), Wisconsin (1848), and Minnesota (1858).
List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union. Below is a list of all 50 states in the order they joined the Union. The first 13 became states in July 1776 when they agreed to the United States Declaration of Independence. Each of those 13 agreed to the first U.S. constitution, called the Articles of Confederation, which formed the ...
Why did Congress agree to admit new states on equal terms with the original thirteen members of the Union, and not as colonies or territories with limited rights? What constitutes republican government, and who decides on its meaning?
The five tables in this report summarize key information across all 50 states: admission order and date, territorial law (if any), enabling law (if any), admission law, and the outcome of state-level ratification or referendum votes (if any).
After years of serving as territories, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington all join the Union as new states in November 1889. Congress agreed to split the Dakota territory into two new states and allowed Montana and Washington territories to become their own states.
Northwest Territory, U.S. territory created by Congress in 1787 encompassing the region lying west of Pennsylvania, north of the Ohio River, east of the Mississippi River, and south of the Great Lakes. Virginia, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts had claims to this area, which they ceded to.
