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Ohio was the second territory admitted to the Union — or was it? After the first thirteen original states ratified the U.S. Constitution, Vermont, an area claimed by the State… Read more »
Statehood for Ohio
Posts Categorized: Paths to Statehood
Statehood for Louisiana
There may be no statehood admission story more relevant to Puerto Rico’s quest for admission to the Union than that of Louisiana. That is because, like Puerto Rico today, in… Read more »
Indiana – the 19th State
By 1800, the Northwest Territory had been divided into two parts: Ohio and Indiana. Indiana Territory formed the western border of the Ohio Territory. Ohio was already in the transition… Read more »
Statehood for Mississippi
The British ceded the area that is now Mississippi to the U.S. in 1783 under the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War. In 1802 the State of Georgia… Read more »
Illinois – The 21st State
Britain surrendered its claims over the vast territory named Indiana after its tribal inhabitants, under the 1778 treaty of peace ending the Revolutionary War. At the time the U.S. comprised… Read more »
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