THE MAKING OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

When and how the states came to be

A  look at how the states achieved statehood offers a short course in U.S. history. As a nation wrestled with its future, potential states were caught in the debates of the time.

Reprinted with permission of Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services.

• THE 13 STATES THAT BEGAN IT ALL...

• THREE MORE CAME BEFORE THE END OF THE CENTURY

• EIGHT CAME DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

• SEVEN CAME DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

• THREE CAME BEFORE THE REBELLION

• TWO CAME DURING THE REBELLION

• NINE CAME BEFORE THE END OF THE CENTURY

• THREE CAME DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

• TWO CAME IN 1959

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