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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. Admission to the Union - Wikipedia

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    Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1: New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

  4. United States territorial acquisitions table - Wikipedia

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    Accession Date Area (sq.mi.) Area (km 2.) Cost in dollars Original territory of the Thirteen States (western lands, roughly between the Mississippi River and Appalachian Mountains, were claimed but not administered by the states and were all ceded to the federal government or new states by 1802) 1783: 892,135: 2,310,619----- Annexation of the ...

  5. 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. [365] [373] 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 ...

  6. Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence

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    The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence occurred primarily on August 2, 1776, at the Pennsylvania State House, later renamed Independence Hall, in Philadelphia. The 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress represented the Thirteen Colonies , 12 of the colonies voted to approve the Declaration of Independence on July ...

  7. United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States is the world's second-largest automobile market by sales, having been overtaken by China in 2010, [389] and the U.S. has the highest vehicle ownership per capita in the world, [390] with 910 vehicles per 1000 people. [391] By value, the U.S. was the world's largest importer and third-largest exporter of cars in 2022. [392]

  8. History of the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 February 2025. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...

  9. List of countries by date of recognition of the United States

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    Date Notes Morocco: June 23, 1777 Morocco implicitly recognized the United States in 1777, [2] [3] after Sultan Mohammed III signed a decree granting American ships protection and free access to Moroccan ports. [4] The Sultan previously expressed his desire to be a "friend of the Americans". [4]