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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]
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
However, the Chicago Manual of Style now recommends use of the uppercase two-letter abbreviations, with the traditional forms as an option. [17] The postal abbreviation is the same as the ISO 3166-2 subdivision code for each of the fifty states. These codes do not overlap with the 13 Canadian subnational postal abbreviations.
The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska. Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.
State of Arkansas becomes the 25th state admitted to the United States of America on June 15, 1836 Mexican–American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848; American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 Arkansas in the American Civil War. Ninth state to declare secession from the United States of America on May 6, 1861
The 25th District race opened up after state Sen. Anthony Portantino tossed his hat in the ring to fill Rep. Adam B. Schiff's seat in the 30th Congressional District. Portantino has represented ...
Tennessee jumped ahead of Ohio State at No. 6 and the Buckeyes are followed by SMU, Indiana and Boise State to round out the top 10. Miami fell to No. 14 after losing 42-38 to Syracuse on Saturday ...
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