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This is a complete list of the United states by date of statehood. Delaware is the first state to ratify the Union while Hawaii is the last one to be admitted.
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]
Since its admission to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state, Wisconsin has been ethnically heterogeneous, with Yankees being among the first to arrive from New York and New England. They dominated the state's heavy industry, finance, politics and education.
Wisconsin May 29, 1848 30th The state is smaller than the territory and the leftover area continued to be called the Territory of Wisconsin until March 3, 1849.
Wisconsin (state) Wisconsin was admitted to the Union by act of Congress on May 29, 1848. As soon as possible after the close of the second constitutional convention, notice was given in Congress (Feb. 21, 1848), by the territorial representative, the Hon. John H. Tweedy, of his intention to introduce a second bill for the admission of ...
Date of Statehood: May 29, 1848. Capital: Madison. Population: 5,686,986 (2010) Size: 65,496 square miles. Nickname(s): Badger State. Motto: Forward. Tree: Sugar Maple. Flower: Wood Violet....
By 1836, Wisconsin finally had a large enough population to be eligible to become its own territory, a necessary step toward statehood. Henry Dodge was appointed as the first Wisconsin territorial governor. He and other territorial leaders worked to gain statehood.
The present spelling, "Wisconsin," was legalized in 1845. In 1763, Wisconsin was part of the territory ceded by France to Great Britain in the Treaty of Paris. Twenty years later, again at Paris, the British relinquished their claim to Wisconsin; and it became a part of the United States of America.
Following approval of statehood by the territory’s citizens, Wisconsin enters the Union as the 30th state. In 1634, French explorer Jean Nicolet landed at Green Bay, becoming the first...
The arc of the origin story of “Wisconsin” bends over seven decades, with various fits and starts along the way, before inhabitants, many of European ancestry, finally secured statehood in 1848.