Delaware (1787), Pennsylvania (1787), New Jersey (1787), Georgia (1788), Connecticut (1788), Massachusetts (1788), Maryland (1788), South Carolina (1788), New Hampshire (1788), Virginia (1788), New York (1788), North Carolina (1789), Rhode Island (1790), Vermont (1791), Kentucky (1792), Tennessee (1796), Ohio (1803), Louisiana (1812), Indiana (1816), Mississippi (1817), Illinois (1818), Alabama (1819), Maine (1820), Missouri (1821), Arkansas (1836), Michigan (1837), Florida (1845), Texas (1845), Iowa (1846), Wisconsin (1848), California (1850), Minnesota (1858), Oregon (1859), Kansas (1861), West Virginia (1863), Nevada (1864), Nebraska (1867), Colorado (1876), North Dakota (1889), South Dakota (1889), Montana (1889), Washington (1889), Idaho (1890), Wyoming (1890), Utah (1896), Oklahoma (1907), New Mexico (1912), Arizona (1912), Alaska (1959), and Hawaii (1959)
North Carolina became a state on 21 November 1789.
It was annexed in 1898 and became a state 61 years later.
There were only colonies in 1775, not until 12 years later when Delaware became the first state on December 7, 1787.
thew magnolia became the state flower 2 years after Louisiana became a state
Alaska became the 49th US state on August 21, 1959. It had been a state for 52 years on that date in 2011.
Oregon February 14, 1859 ArizonaFebruary 14, 1912
NO, Canada became a country hundreds of years before Alaska became a part of the United States of America.
Several million years ago, from volcanoes. People have lived in Hawaii for thousands of years. Hawaii became a US State in 1959.
Indiana became the 19th State in 1816 and Illinois became the 21st State in 1818.
Montana officially became a state of the United States on November 8, 1889. It was the 41st state to be admitted to the union after about 60 years of being a territory.
Ohio became a state in 1803; Oregon in 1859-- looks like 56 years to me.
Colorado is the only U.S. state that is entirely above 1000 meters elevation. However, its nickname is The Centennial State, because it became a state 100 years and 1 month after the 13 North American British colonies that became the first 13 states of the United States declared their independence from Great Britain.
North Carolina became a state on 21 November 1789.
It was annexed in 1898 and became a state 61 years later.
Two states were independent nations before they became states: Texas and Hawaii. Texas declared its independence from Mexico on March 2, 1836 and was an independent nation for 9 years before it became part of the Union in 1845. Hawaii was annexed and became a territory in 1898. It became a state in 1959.
There were only colonies in 1775, not until 12 years later when Delaware became the first state on December 7, 1787.
The state of Colorado became a state in 1876, one hundred years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776). That is why it is nicknamed The Centennial State.