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- Delaware. December 7, 1787. (ratified)
- Pennsylvania. December 12, 1787. (ratified)
- New Jersey. December 18, 1787. (ratified)
- Georgia. January 2, 1788. (ratified)
Enabling Act of 1802, authorizing residents of the eastern portion of the Northwest Territory to form the state of Ohio. Missouri Compromise, 1820 federal statute enabling the admission of Missouri (a slave state) and Maine (a free state) into the Union.
StateStateDate (admitted Or Ratified)Formed From1December 7, 1787[8] (ratified)2December 12, 1787[10] (ratified)Proprietary Province of Pennsylvania3December 18, 1787[11] (ratified)Crown Colony of New Jersey4January 2, 1788[8] (ratified)Crown Colony of GeorgiaList of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union. 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 ...
- Oliver Pollock, an Irish merchant in Spanish-controlled New Orleans who used his fortune to help finance the American Revolution, is credited with creating the dollar sign in 1778.
- The Blues musical form originated in the Mississippi Delta after the Civil War. Rooted in the songs sung by slaves working in the fields and African spirituals, the Blues offered an escape from oppression and a means of expression for many African Americans.
- While on a hunting expedition with Mississippi Governor Andrew Longino near Onward in November of 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear that had been captured and tied to a tree.
- The flight school at Columbus Air Force Base trained more than 8,000 students during World War II to become flying officers in the Army Air Corps.
In 1817 elected delegates wrote a constitution and applied to Congress for statehood. On December 10, 1817, the western portion of Mississippi Territory became the State of Mississippi, the 20th state of the Union. Natchez, long established as a major river port, was the first state capital.
The history of Ohio as a state began when the Northwest Territory was divided in 1800, and the remainder reorganized for admission to the union on March 1, 1803, as the 17th state of the United States.
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3 days ago · Mississippi, constituent state of the United States of America. Its name derives from a Native American word meaning “great waters” or “father of waters.” Mississippi became the 20th state of the union in 1817.
