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The original 13 colonies were a group of British territories in North America. Among the Thirteen colonies, Virginia was the first to be settled by English people. Depending on how we define "states" in this instance, the first state to create its own constitution was Connecticut. The first state to be settled by Europeans at all would be Florida; St. Augustine, Florida is the oldest continuous European settlement in the U.S. However, the states of today are legally distinct from the colonies. The first state in the sense of "one of the current 50 states of America" would be the first one to enter into the Union by adopting the U.S. Constitution. Replacing the Articles of ConfederationMany people mistakenly believe that the United States Constitution was created after the Revolution. But, the country was first governed under the Articles of Confederation, drafted in 1781 (the same year as Yorktown). The Articles proved insufficient to meet the challenges the country faced. Legislators met to discuss revisions to the Articles, but the representatives decided that it would be better to replace them entirely with a new document. That document became the Constitution, the details of which were hammered out at the Constitutional Convention. To adopt the Constitution as the new law of the land, it had to be ratified by 2/3 of the states in the Confederation (as per its own Article VII). Ratification required that each state elect representatives to a ratification convention within the state The American states assumed their present forms in 1788, when the ninth and final necessary state ratified the United States Constitution. The date each state joined the Union is shown in the table below (usually coinciding with a territory being granted statehood). Five states were added during the 20th century. Alaska and Hawaii were the last states to join the Union -- both in 1959. Joining the UnionArticle 4, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution lays out how a new state can join the Union: New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States 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.
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When did each state become a member of the United States? These states are listed in the sequence in which they ratified the Constitution of 1787 and were admitted to the United States of America. For each state, a satellite image (Landsat 7) and certain geography facts are displayed. The date of statehood, capital, total area, percentage of land covered by water, highest point of height, and mean elevation are all provided for each state. 1. Delaware1787: December 7 (Ratification date – one of the original U.S. colonies) Delaware is known as the First State because it was the first state to ratify, or sign, the United States Constitution.
2. Pennsylvania1787: December 12 (Ratification date – one of the original U.S. colonies) The term “Keystone State” comes from the fact that Pennsylvania serves as a geographic link between the Northeastern and Southern United States, as well as the Atlantic and Midwest coasts.
3. New Jersey1787: December 18 (Ratification date – one of the original U.S. colonies) Large portions of New Jersey’s northwestern and southern regions are very rural. The fertile, loamy soil of the state’s Inner Coastal Plain area makes the terrain suitable for agriculture, earning New Jersey the nickname “Garden State.”
4. Georgia1788: January 2 (Ratification date – one of the original U.S. colonies) Georgia was the last and southernmost of the original Thirteen Colonies to be established. Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution on January 2, 1788.
5. Connecticut1788: January 9 (Ratification date – one of the original U.S. colonies) Connecticut is the southernmost state in the United States’ New England area. State nicknames for Connecticut include “Constitution State”, the “Nutmeg State”, the “Provisions State”, and the “Land of Steady Habits”.
6. Massachusetts1788: February 6 (Ratification date – one of the original U.S. colonies) Nicknames for Massachusetts are: The Bay State (official), The Pilgrim State; The Puritan State, The Old Colony State, and The Baked Bean State.
7. Maryland1788: April 28 (Ratification date – one of the original U.S. colonies) Some of Maryland’s nicknames are Old Line State, the Free State, and the Chesapeake Bay State. Maryland is the only U.S. state with no natural lakes.
8. South Carolina1788: May 23 (Ratification date – one of the original U.S. colonies) The natural environment of South Carolina is separated into three natural geographic areas: the Atlantic coastal plain, the Piedmont, and the Blue Ridge Mountains, which run east to west.
9. New Hampshire1788: June 21 (Ratification date – one of the original U.S. colonies) The nickname, “The Granite State” comes from the New Hampshire’s large granite rocks and quarries. With a general coastline length of 18.57 miles (29 km), New Hampshire has the shortest ocean coastline of any U.S. coastal state.
10. Virginia1788: June 25 (Ratification date – one of the original U.S. colonies) The Atlantic Coastal Plain, the Piedmont, the Blue Ridge, the Appalachian Ridge and Valley Region, and the Appalachian Plateau are the five geographical regions that make up Virginia.
11. New York1788: July 26 (Ratification date – one of the original U.S. colonies) New York State is home to Adirondack Park which is the largest publicly protected area in the contiguous United States. New York City is the most populous city in the United States with over 8.3 million residents.
12. North Carolina1789: November 21 (Ratification date – one of the original U.S. colonies) Since records began in 1526, more than a thousand ships have sunk in the waters around Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, earning it the moniker “Graveyard of the Atlantic.”
13. Rhode Island1790: May 29 (Ratification date – one of the original U.S. colonies) Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area. The “Ocean State” is Rhode Island’s official nickname, referring to the extensive bays and inlets that make up around 14% of the state’s total territory.
14. Vermont1791: March 4 (Vermont is the first state not part of the original 13 U.S. colonies to become part of the United States). After the 13 colonies were ratified, Vermont became the 14th state admitted to the newly formed United States of America. Not counting steeple heights, Vermont is the only U.S. state without a building taller than 124 feet.
15. Kentucky1792: June 1 Kentucky is known as the “Bluegrass State” because of the Kentucky bluegrass grass that grows in many of the state’s pastures. Mammoth Cave National Park, the world’s longest cave system, is located in Kentucky.
16. Tennessee1796: June 1 The Blue Ridge Mountains, which run along Tennessee’s eastern border, reach some of the highest peaks in eastern North America. Eastern Tennessee is home to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the country’s most visited national park.
17. Ohio1803: March 1 The state flag of Ohio is the only non-rectangular flag in the United States. Ohio is named after the Ohio River, whose name comes from the Seneca word ohiyo’, which means “good river,” “big river,” or “huge stream.”
18. Louisiana1812: April 30 Louisiana’s southern coast is one of the world’s fastest-disappearing regions. Climate change, oil and gas drilling and dredging, and Mississippi River levees are causing the state to lose a football field of land every 48 minutes, or 16 square miles each year.
19. Indiana1816: December 11 With the highest point at 1,257 feet (383 m) and the lowest point at 320 feet (98 m), Indiana has the narrowest elevation span, 937 feet (286 m) of any non-coastal US state.
20. Mississippi1817: December 10 Mississippi lies almost entirely inside the Gulf coastal plain, with lowland plains and low hills dominating the landscape.
21. Illinois1818: December 3 Except for a few spots where the river has changed course, the Mississippi River runs nearly the entire western boundary of Illinois.
22. Alabama1819: December 14 Alabama has the most inland waterways of any state, with a total of 1,500 miles (2,400 km).
23. Maine1820: March 15 Maine is the contiguous United States’ northeasternmost state. Main is also the only state with a single syllable name, and the only state that only borders one other state.
24. Missouri1821: August 10 Missouri is landlocked and and is one of only two states that borders eight different states (Tennessee is the other state).
25. Arkansas1836: June 15 The world’s only diamond-bearing place accessible to the public for digging is Crater of Diamonds State Park near Murfreesboro, Arkansas.
26. Michigan1837: January 26 Michigan is the only state in the United States that is made up of two peninsulas: the Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula. Michigan is flanked by four of the five Great Lakes, as well as Lake St. Clair, making it the state with the longest freshwater shoreline in the United States.
27. Florida1845: March 3 In the contiguous United States, Florida has the longest coastline. Florida’s coastline stretches 1,350 miles from one end to the other (2,170 km). Related: Interesting Geography Facts About Florida
28. Texas1845: December 29 Texas is the largest state in the contiguous United States and the second largest overall after Alaska. Three of Texas’ borders are defined by rivers: the Rio Grande is a natural border with parts of Mexico, the Red River forms a natural border with Oklahoma and Arkansas to the north, and the Sabine River forms a natural border with Louisiana to the east.
29. Iowa1846: December 28 On the west Iowa is bordered by the Missouri River and the Big Sioux River and by the Mississippi River on the east, making it the only state with east and west borders formed almost entirely by rivers. More: Geography of Iowa
30. Wisconsin1848: May 29 Wisconsin is known for its large and diversified landscape, which was shaped by glaciers during the last ice age 17 thousand years ago.
31. California1850: September 9 Both the highest (Mount Whitney) and lowest (Death Valley) points in the 48 contiguous states are found in California. California is the most populous and the third-largest state in terms of area in the United States.
32. Minnesota1858: May 11 The state of Minnesota about a third of its area is forested, and it is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” because it has about 11,800 bodies of fresh water that are at least ten acres in size.
33. Oregon1859: February 14 Oregon has volcanoes, many bodies of water, lush evergreen and mixed forests, as well as high deserts and semi-arid shrublands, making it one of the most geographically diverse states in the United States.
34. Kansas1861: January 29 The geographic center of the 48 contiguous United States has been calculated to be near Lebanon in Smith County, Kansas.
35. West Virginia1863: June 20 The nickname The Mountain State and the motto Montani Semper Liberi (“Mountaineers are always free”) come from the fact that Virginia is almost entirely mountainous. Related: West Virginia’s First National Park
36. Nevada1864: October 31 Nevada has 172 mountain peaks that rise above 2,000 feet (610 meters). Nevada is the state with the secondmost mountains in the United States, trailing only Alaska.
37. Nebraska1867: March 1 Nebraska is the only state in the United States that is triply landlocked.
38. Colorado1876: August 1 Colorado is known as the “Centennial State” because it became a state one hundred years after the United States Declaration of Independence was signed. The Four Corners Monument is located at 36°59’56″N, 109°2’43″W in Colorado’s southwest corner.
39. North Dakota1889: November 2 (admitted at the same time as South Dakota) The KVLY-TV mast in Blanchard, North Dakota is the Western Hemisphere’s largest man-made tower. The “Geographic Center of the North American Continent” is marked by a stone marker near Rugby, North Dakota.
40. South Dakota1889: November 2 (admitted at the same time as North Dakota) The geographic center of the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, is near the town of Belle Fourche in South Dakota.
41. Montana1889: November 8 To the north, Montana borders the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, making it the only state to border three Canadian provinces. More: Geography of Montana
42. Washington1889: November 11 At almost 14,411 feet (4,392 meters), Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano, is Washington’s highest elevation mountain.
43. Idaho1890: July 3 The United States Forest Service owns 38 percent of the Idaho’s acreage, the highest percentage of any state. Hells Canyon in Western Idaho is the deepest gorge in the United States.
44. Wyoming1890: July 10 Wyoming is the least populous and least densely populated state in the contiguous United States. The federal government owns almost half of the land in Wyoming.
45. Utah1896: January 4 Utah is one of only three states in the United States (Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming) that use latitude and longitude lines as their boundaries. Utah is the only state in which national forest land is found in every county.
46. Oklahoma1907: November 16 The Arbuckle Mountains, Wichita Mountains, Ozark Mountains, and Ouachita Mountains are Oklahoma’s four main mountain ranges. Oklahoma has the highest number of reservoirs in the nation. Related: Geography of Oklahoma
47. New Mexico1912: January 6 Santa Fe, New Mexico’s state capital is the oldest in the United States and was founded in 1610 as the then as the government seat of Nuevo México.
48. Arizona1912: February 12 Arizona was the last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the United States. Grand Canyon National Park, one of the world’s seven natural wonders, is located in Arizona.
49. Alaska1959: January 3 Alaska is the largest state in the United States and is home to the top ten highest mountains in the country. Sitka, Alaska is the largest city in the U.S. by area.
50. Hawaii1959: August 21 Hawaii is the only state in the tropics, the only state outside of North America, and the only state made up completely of islands.
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