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Map of states that were never territories
This is a list of U.S. states that were never territories of the United States after its independence from Great Britain in 1783. They are listed in the order they were admitted to the Union.
Order admitted
State
Status between European settlement and statehood (Sorted chronologically by admission to the union)
Original thirteen states, formerly thirteen of 21 British colonies in mainland and insular North America. They declared independence from Britain on 4 July 1776 and were formally thirteen independent countries until ratification of the first American constitution, the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, proposed in 1777, completed in 1781; whereupon the "United States of America" legally came into existence. The United States was subsequently re-confederated under a new constitution, the U.S. Constitution, which was proposed in 1787, ratified in 1788, and took effect on 4 March 1789.
The eight colonies that remained loyal to Britain during the American War for Independence were: Quebec (then stretched westward to the Mississippi River and southwestward to the Ohio River), Newfoundland, Nova Scotia (then included Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and part of Maine), Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica, East Florida, and West Florida (both Floridas eventually being sold back to Spain, from which the United States purchased them in 1819). This article is about the U.S. State of Delaware. ... In 1775, the British claimed authority over the red and pink areas on this map and Spain ruled the orange. ... North American redirects here. ... The Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, commonly known as the Articles of Confederation, formed the first governing document of the United States of America. ... Page I of the Constitution of the United States of America Page II of the United States Constitution Page III of the United States Constitution Page IV of the United States Constitution The Syng inkstand, with which the Constitution was signed The Constitution of the United States is the supreme... The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ... This article is about the Canadian province. ... This article is about the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... Motto: Munit Hae et Altera Vincit (Latin: One defends and the other conquers) Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Regional Municipality Largest metro Halifax Regional Municipality Official languages English (de facto), French Government Lieutenant-Governor Mayann E. Francis Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 11 Senate... This article is about the Canadian province. ... This article is about the Canadian province. ... Official language(s) None (English and French de facto) Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Area Ranked 39th - Total 33,414 sq mi (86,542 km²) - Width 210 miles (338 km) - Length 320 miles (515 km) - % water 13. ... Map of East and West Florida in 1810. ... This article is about the region. ...
Republic of Vermont formed unilaterally in 1777 from territory formerly associated with New York and New Hampshire. The Vermont Constitution dates from 1777. On 10 January 1791, the Republic of Vermont ratified the U.S. Constitution - the only state apart from the original 13 to do so. Vermont was admitted to the union as the fourteenth state a few months later.
Originally southwestern Virginia, Kentucky was distinguished from Virginia and granted statehoood in 1792, pursuant to the relinquishment by all of the original states of their claims to land between the Mississippi River and the Appalachian Mountains.
District of Maine, part of Massachusetts until 1820, when Massachusetts and the United States granted statehood to Maine. (Under the U.S. Constitution, the grant of statehood to a territory that lies within an existing state requires collateral permission of the other state, as well as permission of the Congress.)
Most of Texas was part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain (with some parts once part of the French Royal Province of Louisiana) until 1821, when New Spain became the independent United Mexican States. The Mexican State of Texas declared and secured independence in 1836 as the Republic of Texas. It was annexed by the United States and reduced to its current size in 1845. Parts of the former Republic of Texas now lie within New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and southeastern Wyoming.
Alta California was a province of New Spain until 1821, and then of Mexico until 1848. It became American under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. At that time, Alta California included all of contemporary Upper California, northern Arizona, all of Nevada and Utah, and part of southwestern Wyoming. California in its present size wrote a bilingual state constitution in 1849 and was granted statehood without going through the territorial phase in 1850. (See the Compromise of 1850.) In 1846, prior to formal declaration of the Mexican-American War, a small band of men originally from the United States proclaimed the independence of California - the so-called Bear Flag Republic - but this never became a formal entity, and lasted less than a month before the area came to be occupied by U.S. Army forces as part of the American conquest of northern Mexico in the Mexican-American War.
When Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, Pro-Union counties seceded from Virginia. Insomuch as Virginia had left the Union and was no longer participating in the government of the United States, Congress granted statehood to West Virginia unilaterally, in 1863.
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Official language(s) English Demonym Coloradan Capital Denver Largest city Denver Largest metro area Denver-Aurora Metro Area Area Ranked 8th in the US - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²) - Width 280 miles (451 km) - Length 380 miles (612 km) - % water 0. ... Official language(s) English Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Area Ranked 10th - Total 97,818 sq mi (253,348 km²) - Width 280 miles (450 km) - Length 360 miles (580 km) - % water 0. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... The Mexican Cession (red) and the Gadsden Purchase (orange). ... Henry Clay takes the floor of the Old Senate Chamber; Millard Fillmore presides as Calhoun and Webster look on. ... The first Bear Flag. ... Official language(s) none (de facto English) Demonym West Virginian Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Largest metro area Charleston metro area Area Ranked 41st in the US - Total 24,230 sq mi (62,755 km²) - Width 130 miles (210 km) - Length 240 miles (385 km) - % water 0. ... 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