It was Rhode Island. They declaired their independance from England first. But they were the last to ratify the Constitution. BOOGERS IN MEH NOSE!!!!!!
Philadelphia is a city, not a state. It is the capital of Pennsylvania, which was one of the first 13 states.
The first frontier state to enter the Union was Vermont in 1791.
The first state admitted to the Union after the original 13 was Vermont. It was admitted on March 4, 1791. Rhode Island was the 13th.
Indiana was the first state admitted to the Union after the War of 1812. Indiana Territory became a state on December 11, 1816.
California was the first state on the Pacific coast to be admitted into the union. California was admitted into the Union on September 9, 1850 becoming the 31st state to join the Union. Oregon was admitted into the Union on February 14, 1859 becoming the 33rd state to join the union. Washington was admitted into the Union on November 11, 1889 becoming the 42nd state to join the Union.
The first of the Thirteen colonies to sign the constitution was the state of Deleware, the first state to be admitted into the Union. Many people critisize this because the first colony to be founded was Virginia by the British, but in terms of the US history, Delaware was the first state to rattify and sign the constituion. Hense its nickname "the first state"
New Jersey was one of the thirteen original colonies. It was never admitted. It just became a state after the Revolutionary War.
No. The state was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959, making it the 50th state. See the related link for more information.
The state of Connecticut is one of the fifty states of the United States of America and was the fifth state admitted into the union, as well as one of the first thirteen colonies that reached from the current Eastern United States to Georgia. Connecticut was admitted in 1756.
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Philadelphia is a city, not a state. It is the capital of Pennsylvania, which was one of the first 13 states.
No. They became a state much later in 1870 . Our first states were the 13 colonies and New Mexico in the 1700's was Mexican territory.
Vermont was the only Northeastern state that was not one of the thirteen colonies. It was unsettled territory between New York and New Hampshire and could have become part of Canada. However, it became the first state that was not one of the thirteen colonies.
The thirteen stars denote Georgia's position as one of the thirteen original colonies.
Massachusetts (when it was continued into Maine)
Colonies
The sun is because Maine is the first state to see the sun in the nation. The pine tree is because Maine is the pine tree state. The sun has thirteen rays for the thirteen orginal colonies.