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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]
Antebellum Louisiana was a leading slave state, where by 1860, 47% of the population was enslaved. Louisiana seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861, joining the Confederate States of America. New Orleans, the largest city in the entire South at the time, and strategically important port city, was taken by Union troops on April 25, 1862.
Following the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the area that would later comprise the State of Louisiana was established as the Territory of Orleans. President Thomas Jefferson appointed William C. C. Claiborne as governor and he was authorized by the territory's legislative council to design an official government seal. He produced a seal depicting ...
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In 1960 the state established the Louisiana State Sovereignty Commission, to investigate civil rights activists and maintain segregation. [105] Despite this, gradually black voter registration and turnout increased to 20% and more, and it was 32% by 1964, when the first national civil rights legislation of the era was passed. [106]
In 1812, Louisiana was admitted to the Union as a state, and in 1817 Baton Rouge was incorporated. As the town was a strategic military post, between 1819 and 1822 the U.S. Army built the Pentagon Barracks , which became a major command post through the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
Louisiana sugar cane jelly: LL 170.8, 2003 Mammal: Louisiana black bear (Ursus americanus luteolus) LL 161.1, 1992 Meat pie: Natchitoches meat pie: LL 170.9, 2003 Motto "Union, justice and confidence" LL 151, 1902 Musical instrument: Diatonic accordion, also known as the Cajun accordion LL 155.3, 1990 Reptile: American alligator (Alligator ...
The Mansfield State Historic Site, also known as the Mansfield Battlefield, is a battlefield in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. The Louisiana state historic site commemorates the Battle of Mansfield fought on Friday, April 8, 1864, during the Red River Campaign of the American Civil War .