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  2. List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia

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    The Thirteen Colonies refers to the group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America which broke away from the British Crown in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and joined together to form the United States of America. The Thirteen Colonies in their traditional groupings were: the New England Colonies (New Hampshire ...

  4. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States expropriated from Panama additional areas around the soon-to-be-built Madden Dam and annexed them to the Panama Canal Zone. [367] [375] Caribbean Sea: May 3, 1932 The United States adjusted the border at Punta Paitilla in the Canal Zone, returning a small amount of land to Panama. This was the site for a planned new American ...

  5. U.S. state - Wikipedia

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    1959 The order in which the original 13 states ratified the Constitution, then the order in which the others were admitted to the Union. Article IV also grants to Congress the authority to admit new states into the Union. Since the establishment of the United States in 1776, the number of states has expanded from the original 13 to 50.

  6. Colonial history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The colonial history of the United States covers the period of European colonization of North America from the early 16th century until the uniting of the Thirteen English Colonies and creation of the United States in 1776, during the Revolutionary War.

  7. United States Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia

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    The Declaration explains why the Thirteen Colonies regarded themselves as independent sovereign states no longer subject to British colonial rule, and has become one of the most circulated, reprinted, and influential documents in history.

  8. How Every State Got Its Nickname - AOL

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    North Carolina: The Tar Heel State. North Carolina is known as the "Tar Heel State" because of the state's history is rooted in turpentine, tar, and pitch production from its pine trees, and the ...

  9. History of the United States (1776–1789) - Wikipedia

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    The history of the United States from 1776 to 1789 was marked by the nation's transition from the American Revolutionary War to the establishment of a novel constitutional order. As a result of the American Revolution, the thirteen British colonies emerged as a newly independent nation, the United States of America, between 1776 and 1789.