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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 original village was established in 1675 and became a city on 6 March 1838 [80] 1838: São João Del Rey: Minas Gerais: Brazil: The original village was established in 1700 [81] and became a city on 6 March 1838 [80] 1838: Serro: Minas Gerais: Brazil: The original village was established in 1701 and became a city on 6 March 1838 [80] [82 ...
Oldest English-founded city in North America, [7] seasonal until c. 1630 1508 Caparra: Puerto Rico: United States 1509 Sevilla la Nueva: Seville, St. Ann's Bay: Jamaica: Established by Juan de Esquivel, the first Spanish governor of Jamaica, St Ann's Bay was the third capital established by Spain in the Americas. 1510 Nombre de Dios: Colón: Panama
Bunnings Group Limited, trading as Bunnings Warehouse or Bunnings, is an Australian hardware and garden centre chain. [2] The chain has been owned by Wesfarmers since 1994, and has stores in Australia and New Zealand. [3] Bunnings was founded in Perth, Western Australia in 1886, by brothers Arthur and Robert Bunning, who had
1635 - nSaybrook Colony founded. 1636 – Connecticut Colony founded. 1636 - Roger Williams founds the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. 1636 - Harvard University founded, oldest English university in America. 1637 – The Pequot War results in the killing of many of the Pequot people. * * 1637 - New Haven Colony is founded.
The Colony of Virginia (also known frequently as the Virginia Colony or the Province of Virginia, and occasionally as the Dominion and Colony of Virginia) was an English colony in North America which existed briefly during the 16th century, and then continuously from 1607 until the American Revolution (as a British colony after 1707 [12]).
St. Mary's City was the largest settlement in Maryland and the seat of colonial government until 1695. Because Anglicanism had become the official religion in Virginia, a band of Puritans in 1649 left for Maryland; they founded Providence (now called Annapolis). [25] In 1650 the Puritans revolted against the proprietary government.
Date Event Change Map July 4, 1776 Thirteen colonies of the Kingdom of Great Britain in North America collectively declared their independence as the United States of America, [a] though several colonies had already individually declared independence: [8] The Colony of Connecticut, becoming the State of Connecticut [9]