yes
Approval of 9 states.
Congress approves new states into the united states of america. New states may not be created from within other existing states however.
A new state can be created in the United States only with the approval of Congress. This process involves several steps, including the submission of a petition, approval by both houses of Congress, and typically the signing of a state constitution.
no 13 did ... it was the first of its kind in the NEW world ... it lead to the declaration of Independence ...
No two states could join together to form a larger one, unless both state legislatures and Congress approved.
Congress can admit new states into the union.
No two states could join together to form a larger one, unless both state legislatures and Congress approved.
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. ARTICLE IV, SECTION 3, CLAUSE 1
According to Article IV, Section 3, it states that "New states may be admitted by the Congress into this Union..."
Only Congress can admit new States to the Union. A new state my not be created without the consent of that states legislature.
There hasn't been a new state added to the United States since 1959, when Alaska and Hawaii joined the union. The constitution says that only congress can admit a new state, and that the new state cannot be carved out of an existing state. But otherwise, the constitution is not specific about the process by which a new state is added. Previous additions came about when the people of that particular territory voted that they wanted to join the union; they first had to create a state constitution and then congress made the final decision about approving that territory as a new state.
States are admitted to the union through a process outlined in the U.S. Constitution. This process involves Congress passing a law to admit a new state, which typically includes the approval of the state's constitution and boundaries.