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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]
In the 1820s and 1830s immigrants from New England began moving to what is now Michigan in large numbers (though there was a trickle of New England settlers who arrived before this date). [35] These were " Yankee " settlers, that is to say they were descended from the English Puritans who settled New England during the colonial era. [ 36 ]
Start date [1] [2] End date [1] [2] Last election [1] Michigan State Constitution of 1835: 1st Michigan Legislature: November 2, 1835 July 26, 1836 October 5, 1835 2nd Michigan Legislature [Wikidata] January 2, 1837 December 30, 1837 November 7, 1836 3rd Michigan Legislature [Wikidata] January 1, 1838 April 6, 1838 November 6, 1837
The people of the Territory of Michigan voted on October 1, 1832, to seek admission to the United States. [1] A census in 1834 verified that the territory had 87,273 white inhabitants, [2] well above the requirement for statehood of 60,000 defined by the Northwest Ordinance.
1855 Michigan State University was founded as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, becoming the first land grant university in the United States. 1861-1865 Michigan sent 90,000 men, nearly a quarter of the state's male population, to fight in state regiments in the Civil War. 1871 Fires burned Manistee and Holland.
History of Michigan; List of years in the United States This page was last edited on 12 May 2024, at 16:55 (UTC ... This page was last edited on 12 May 2024, ...
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