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The second session of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 meet in New Bern, North Carolina and signs a law establishing the North Carolina Superior Court. November 17 – The Articles of Confederation are submitted to the states for ratification. November 25 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Gloucester
By the end of the 1820s, attitudes and state laws had shifted in favor of universal white male suffrage. [9] Maryland passes a law to allow Jews to vote. [10] Maryland was the last state to remove religious restrictions for voting. [11]
Relations with Great Britain were still troubled after the war. Many states did not comply with the terms of the Treaty of Paris regarding the treatment of British nationals, and the British Army maintained a presence in the western territories. Britain also hurt American trade through restrictions on American products to promote Canadian ...
The Constitution of Texas is the foremost source of state law. Legislation is enacted by the Texas Legislature, published in the General and Special Laws, and codified in the Texas Statutes. State agencies publish regulations (sometimes called administrative law) in the Texas Register, which are in turn codified in the Texas Administrative Code.
1777– All states pass laws which take away women's right to vote. 1809 – Mary Kies becomes the first woman to receive a patent, for a method of weaving straw with silk.
The Department of the Post Office began issuing federally endorsed postage stamps in 1847, requiring payment before shipments rather than after. [85] Texas was admitted as a state following its annexation in 1845, Iowa was admitted in 1846, and Wisconsin was admitted in 1848.
Texas Declares Independence. Austin and Tanner map of Texas in 1836 Detail of the Republic of Texas from the Lizars map of Mexico and Guatemala, circa 1836. March 2 – The Texas Declaration of Independence is signed by 58 delegates at an assembly at Washington-on-the-Brazos and the Republic of Texas is declared. [1]
Meanwhile, Yankees from New England started moving in, as did immigrants from Germany. New York City attracted a large polyglot population, including a large black slave population. [60] New Jersey began as a division of New York, and was divided into the proprietary colonies of East and West Jersey for a time. [61]