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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]
On January 26, 1837, Michigan became the 26th state of the Union. From 1837 to 1860 ... Michigan became the leading U.S. source of these ores by the end of the ...
Michigan (/ ˈ m ɪ ʃ ɪ ɡ ən / ⓘ MISH-ig-ən) is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.It borders Wisconsin to the southwest in the Upper Peninsula, and Indiana and Ohio to the south in the Lower Peninsula; it is also connected by Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie to Minnesota and Illinois, and the Canadian province of Ontario.
The Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, [1] until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan. Detroit was the territorial capital.
State of Michigan becomes 26th State admitted to the United States of America on January 26, 1837 Mexican–American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848; American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 Civil War units; Detroit race riot of 1863; Prohibition in Detroit, 1919–1933 Rum-running in Windsor; The Purple Gang
On January 26, 1837, Michigan was admitted to the Union as the 26th state, [42] without the Toledo Strip but with the entire Upper Peninsula. [ 41 ] Subsequent history
As of Feb. 13, Michigan’s deceptively named “right-to-work” laws officially became a thing of the past, marking the first time in nearly 60 years a state has repealed one of these laws. This ...
After a state convention first rejected this condition, a second convention, assembled under some duress in December 1836, reluctantly accepted the terms and Michigan became the 26th state on January 26, 1837, with Detroit as its first capital. The first building to serve as the State Capitol was built in 1832 as the Territorial Courthouse. The ...