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The original 13 British colonies that rebelled against England in 1776 and won independence for our nation were eligible to become states under the Articles of Confederation, which created the… Read more »
How the States Were Made
Posts Categorized: Paths to Statehood
Becoming a State: The First 13
In 1763, the King of England reclaimed unsettled Western lands previously granted to the 13 American colonies, then imposed new taxes and laws limiting the personal and political freedom of… Read more »
Statehood for Vermont
Less than three years after the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1788, Congress for the first time exercised its power under Article IV, Section 3 to admit a new state… Read more »
How Kentucky Became a State
As we think about the process of becoming a state for Puerto Rico, we like to look back and see how the current 50 states gained statehood. The process wasn’t… Read more »
Tennessee and the Tennessee Plan
After North Carolina joined the other future states during the American Revolution, it gave up its territory west of the Appalachian mountains to the new American government. Those lands became… Read more »
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