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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]
Arizona was the 48th state admitted to the U.S. and the last of the contiguous states to be admitted. [citation needed] Eleanor Roosevelt at the Gila River relocation center, April 23, 1943. Cotton farming and copper mining, two of Arizona's most important statewide industries, suffered heavily during the Great Depression. [44]
New York Society for the Suppression of Vice founded. Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing was founded. It was the first school of nursing in the United States to be founded on the principles of nursing established by Florence Nightingale. The School operated at Bellevue Hospital until its closure in 1969. 1874 January: Tompkins Square Riot (1874).
Iowa became the 29th state in 1846 during James K. Polk's presidency. A year before, a proposed northern border went as far as St. Paul, Minnesota.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 December 2024. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...
The State of Georgia's first constitution was ratified in February 1777. Georgia was the 10th state to ratify the Articles of Confederation on July 24, 1778, [13] and was the 4th state to ratify the United States Constitution on January 2, 1788. [14] Slaves with the cotton they had picked. Georgia, c. 1850
Washington was named after President George Washington by an act of the United States Congress during the creation of Washington Territory in 1853; the territory was to be named "Columbia", for the Columbia River and the Columbia District, but Kentucky representative Richard H. Stanton found the name too similar to the District of Columbia (the national capital, itself containing the city of ...
As of 2024, Massachusetts has a Democratic Governor, two Democratic Senators, and all nine Congressional Representatives are Democrats. Massachusetts is a blue state; Ronald Reagan was the last Republican to win the state in 1984. In a 2020 study, Massachusetts was ranked as the 11th easiest state for citizens to vote in. [354]