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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 Territory of Colorado was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 28, 1861, [2] until August 1, 1876, when it was admitted to the Union as the 38th State of Colorado. [3]
On August 1, 1876 (four weeks after the Centennial of the United States), U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed a proclamation admitting Colorado to the Union as the 38th state and earning it the moniker "Centennial State". [3] The discovery of a major silver lode near Leadville in 1878 triggered the Colorado Silver Boom.
On August 1, 1876 (28 days after the Centennial of the United States), President Ulysses S. Grant signed Proclamation 230 [14] admitting the state of Colorado to the Union as the 38th state and earning it the moniker "Centennial State". The borders of the new state coincided with the borders established for the Colorado Territory.
State of Colorado becomes 38th state admitted to the United States of America on August 1, 1876 Colorado Silver Boom, 1879–1893; Alpine Tunnel on the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad opened to rail traffic on July 13, 1882; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad arrives at Silverton on July 15, 1882; Collapse of Colorado mining, 1893–1917 ...
Colorado is the state of the United States of America that encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the high western edge of the Great Plains. Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, Colorado became the 38th U.S. state.
The largest state by area is Alaska, encompassing 665,384 square miles (1,723,340 km 2), while the smallest is Rhode Island, encompassing 1,545 square miles (4,000 km 2). The most recent states to be admitted, Alaska and Hawaii, were admitted in 1959. The largest territory by population is Puerto Rico, with a population of 3,285,874 people ...
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sovereignty with the federal government.