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  2. List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union

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    Crown Colony of New Hampshire: 10 Virginia: June 25, 1788 [8] (ratified) Crown Colony and Dominion of Virginia: 11 New York: July 26, 1788 [13] (ratified) Crown Colony of New York: 12 North Carolina: November 21, 1789 [14] (ratified) Crown Colony of North Carolina: 13 Rhode Island: May 29, 1790 [8] (ratified) Crown Colony of Rhode Island and ...

  3. History of New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    A History of New York State. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801401183. LCCN 67020587.. Fox, Dixon Ryan. The decline of aristocracy in the politics of New York (1918) online. Ingalls, Robert P. Herbert H. Lehman and New York's Little New Deal (1975) on 1930s online; Kammen, Michael (1996) [1975]. Colonial New York: a ...

  4. New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    The Government of New York embodies the governmental structure of the State of New York as established by the New York State Constitution. It is composed of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. [275] The governor is the state's chief executive and is assisted by the lieutenant governor. Both are elected on the same ticket.

  5. List of cities and counties in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Nelson Jr., governor of Virginia and signer of the Declaration of Independence: 14,705: 472 sq mi (1,222 km 2) New Kent County: 127: New Kent: 1654: New Kent County was established in 1654 from York County, Virginia. Kent County, England: 26,134: 210 sq mi (544 km 2) Northampton County: 131: Eastville: 1634

  6. State cessions - Wikipedia

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    In the end, most of the trans-Appalachian land claims were ceded to the Federal government between 1781 and 1787; New York, New Hampshire, and the hitherto unrecognized Vermont government resolved their squabbles by 1791, and Kentucky was separated from Virginia and made into a new state in 1792.

  7. List of North American settlements by year of foundation

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    Virginia: United States 1614: Albany: New York: United States: Oldest European settlement in New York State, founded as Fort Nassau and renamed Fort Orange in 1623. First Dutch settlement in North America 1615: Taos: New Mexico: United States 1620: Plymouth: Massachusetts: United States: Oldest town in New England and Massachusetts. Settled by ...

  8. Commonwealth (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Commonwealth is a term used by four of the 50 states of the United States in their full official state names: Kentucky, [1] Massachusetts, [2] Pennsylvania, [3] and Virginia. [4] " ...

  9. History of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The vote was in favor of a new state—West Virginia—which was distinct from the Pierpont government, which persisted until the end of the war. [122] Congress and Lincoln approved, and, after providing for gradual emancipation of slaves in the new state constitution, West Virginia became the 35th state on June 20, 1863.