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

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    Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the Constitution 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. Each new state has been admitted on an equal footing with the existing states. [5]

  3. Admission to the Union - Wikipedia

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    Admission to the Union is provided by the Admissions Clause of the United States Constitution in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1, which authorizes the United States Congress to admit new states into the Union beyond the thirteen states that already existed when the Constitution came into effect. The Constitution went into effect on June 21 ...

  4. Union affiliation by U.S. state - Wikipedia

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    Union affiliation by U.S. state (2023) [1] [2] Rank State Percent union members Percent change Union ... 12.4 1.1%: 171,000: 14.5 1.7%: 201,000: 1,382,000: Yes 17

  5. Articles of Confederation - Wikipedia

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    First constitution for the United States. The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served as the nation's first frame of government. It was debated by the Second Continental Congress at Independence Hall in Philadelphia between July 1776 and ...

  6. Congressional Apportionment Amendment - Wikipedia

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    e. The Congressional Apportionment Amendment (originally titled Article the First) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that addresses the number of seats in the House of Representatives. It was proposed by Congress on September 25, 1789, but was never ratified by the requisite number of state legislatures.

  7. Hawaii Admission Act - Wikipedia

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    The Admission Act, formally An Act to Provide for the Admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union (Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 86–3, 73 Stat. 4, enacted March 18, 1959) is a statute enacted by the United States Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower which dissolved the Territory of Hawaii and established the State of Hawaii as the 50th state to be ...

  8. Article Four of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Article Four of the United States Constitution outlines the relationship between the various states, as well as the relationship between each state and the United States federal government. It also empowers Congress to admit new states and administer the territories and other federal lands. The Full Faith and Credit Clause requires states ...

  9. 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.