New Hampshire. Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Massachusetts and Maine (from Massachusetts).
New York and Vermont (from New York). Pennsylvania and Delaware (from Pennsylvania). Delaware was never a colony and had shifting ownership under Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
New Jersey. Maryland. Virginia had shifting land mass. It was split into Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, and possibly Indiana and Illinois. In earlier colonial times, it encompassed the Carolinas and probably Georgia, but they were long gone by 1776.
North Carolina and Tennessee (from North Carolina).
South Carolina. Georgia,
Alabama and Mississippi (from Georgia).
By the end of the Revolutionary War, former colonies extended to the Mississippi River, but did not include Florida or the city of New Orleans. However, with The Ohio Territory fought over in the French and Indian War, and the opening of new lands in Indiana and Illinois, boundaries were under flux as massive areas were carved out of prior colonial holdings.
Maine. Formed from Massachusetts (both)
A city and its supporting surrounding agricultural land formed independent mini-states.
As the United States moved westward land was obtained. These territories desired to have the same rights and privileges of the original states. The Constitution allows of the addition of states.
The president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, opposed the secession of the lower South from the Union and maintained that the US government would enforce the collection of tariffs on imported goods even in the seceded states. The original seceded states, which formed the Confederate States of America, opposed Lincoln's attempt to land US troops at several forts in those states which resulted in war and the secession of four more states.
Greek tribes settled on patches of fertile land amongst the mountains and formed independent city-states.
The Yazoo Land Fraud effected Georgia because it changed the original charter of Georgia into many other states. Dumb.
Maine. Formed from Massachusetts (both)
Maine. Formed from Massachusetts (both)
Four states were formed from other states. West Virginia and Kentucky both seceded from Virginia. Maine seceded from Massachusetts. Vermont was formed from land claimed by New York and New Hampshire.
A city and its supporting surrounding agricultural land formed independent mini-states.
They extended it to the original 13 States
1.Washington 2.Oregon 3.Idaho
Under the Articles of Confederation, land not included within the boundaries of the 13 original states would be governed by the federal government. The Articles of Confederation was ratified on March 1, 1781.
As the United States moved westward land was obtained. These territories desired to have the same rights and privileges of the original states. The Constitution allows of the addition of states.
Florida, and parts of Georgia and Alabama
The original Thirteen colonies were made up of land given to colonists by Britain. Britain wanted to send people over to the colonies for there resources, eventually the colonies wanted to become independent. This led to the revolutionary war and so on.
As the United States moved westward land was obtained. These territories desired to have the same rights and privileges of the original states. The Constitution allows of the addition of states.
The president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, opposed the secession of the lower South from the Union and maintained that the US government would enforce the collection of tariffs on imported goods even in the seceded states. The original seceded states, which formed the Confederate States of America, opposed Lincoln's attempt to land US troops at several forts in those states which resulted in war and the secession of four more states.