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The list shows large groupings associated with the dates of independence from decolonization (e.g., 41 current states gained control of sovereignty from the United Kingdom and France between 1956 and 1966) or dissolution of a political union (e.g., 18 current states gained control of sovereignty from the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia between 1990 ...
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. [6]
The dominant customary international law standard of statehood is the declarative theory of statehood, which was codified by the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The Convention defines the state as a person of international law if it "possess[es] the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) a capacity to enter into relations with the ...
Origins of the Japanese state are largely unknown. Traditional foundation date by Emperor Jimmu in 660 BC. Emperor Sujin is considered to be the earliest possible non-legendary emperor of Japan, began his reign c. 97 BC. c. 936: Petty Kingdoms in Denmark Denmark: Likely date of Gorm the Old's accession as Denmark's first historically-confirmed ...
Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1: New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Map of the Confederate States with names and borders of states A Confederate state was a U.S. state that declared secession and joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. The Confederacy recognized them as constituent entities that shared their sovereignty with the Confederate government. Confederates were recognized as citizens of both the federal republic and of ...
List of sovereign states. List of Bronze Age states (c. 3300 – c. 1200 BC) List of Iron Age states (c. 1200 – c. 600 BC) List of Classical Age states (c. 600 BC – c. AD 200) List of states during Late Antiquity (c. 200 – c. 700) List of states during the Middle Ages (c. 700 – c. 1500) List of pre-modern states
U.S. states by date of statehood: 1776–1790 1791–1796 1803–1819 1820–1837 1845–1859 1861–1876 1889–1896 1907–1912 1959 The order in which the original 13 states ratified the Constitution, then the order in which the others were admitted to the Union