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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.
Below is a list of all 50 states in the order they joined the Union. The first 13 became states in July 1776 when they agreed to the United States Declaration of Independence. Each of those 13 agreed to the first U.S. constitution, called the Articles of Confederation, which formed the first Union of States between 1777 and 1781.
StateStateDate (admitted Or Ratified)Formed From1DelawareDecember 7, 1787 (ratified)2December 12, 1787 [2] (ratified)Crown Colony of Pennsylvania3December 18, 1787 [3] (ratified)Crown Colony of New Jersey4January 2, 1788 [4] (ratified)Crown Colony of GeorgiaJun 15, 2016 · The state seceded from the Union on May 6, 1861, and was the scene of small-scale battles during the Civil War. Under the Military Reconstruction Act, Congress readmitted Arkansas in June...
A vote in February 1861 showed Arkansas in favor of a state convention to decide the issue of secession, but the delegates voted to remain in the Union. Although the vote was close, it favored the Union, mirroring the demographics of Arkansas at the time. [106]
Nov 9, 2009 · Part of the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase, Arkansas became a separate territory in 1819 and achieved statehood in 1836. A slave state, Arkansas became the ninth state to...
In 1861, Arkansas seceded from the United States and joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. On returning to the Union in 1868, Arkansas continued to suffer economically, due to its overreliance on the large-scale plantation economy. Cotton remained the leading commodity crop, and the cotton market declined.
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AR - Arkansas. 1803. (April 30) With the Louisiana Purchase, the United States acquired nearly 800,000 square miles of land, extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, including the area forming the present state of Arkansas. 1812.
