DATES OF ADMISSION OF THE STATES.
- Delaware, Dec. 7, 1787.
- Pennsylvania, Dec. 12, 1787.
- New Jersey, Dec. 18, 1787.
- Georgia, Jan. 2, 1788.
- Connecticut, Jan. 9, 1788.
- Massachusetts, Feb. 6, 1788.
- Maryland, April 28, 1788.
- South Carolina, May 23, 1788.
- New Hampshire, June 21, 1788.
- Virginia, June 25, 1788.
- New York, July 26, 1788.
- North Carolina, Nov. 21, 1789.
- Rhode Island, May 29, 1790.
- Vermont, March 4, 1791.
- Kentucky, June 1, 1792.
- Tennessee, June 1, 1796.
- Ohio, Feb. 19, 1803.
- Louisiana, April 30, 1812.
- Indiana, Dec. 11, 1816.
- Mississippi, Dec. 10, 1817.
- Illinois, Dec. 3, 1818.
- Alabama, Dec. 14, 1819.
- Maine, March 15, 1820.
- Missouri, Aug. 10, 1821.
- Arkansas, June 15, 1836.
- Michigan, Jan. 26, 1837.
- Florida, March 3, 1845.
- Texas, Sept. 29, 1845.
- Iowa, Dec. 28, 1846.
- Wisconsin, May 29, 1848.
- California, Sept. 9, 1850.
- Minnesota, May 11, 1858.
- Oregon, Feb. 14, 1859.
- Kansas, Jan. 29, 1861.
- West Virginia, June 19, 1863.
- Nevada, Oct. 31, 1864.
- Nebraska, March 1, 1867.
- Colorado, Aug. 1, 1876.
- North Dakota and
- South Dakota, Nov. 2, 1889.
- Montana, Nov. 8, 1889.
- Washington, Nov. 11, 1889.
- Idaho, July 3, 1890.
- Wyoming, July 10, 1890.
- Utah, 1894.
DATES OF ORGANIZATION.
- Arizona, Feb. 24, 1863.
- Alaska, July 27, 1868.
- Indian Territory, June 30, 1834.
- Oklahoma, April 22, 1889.
- District of Columbia. March 3, 1791.
- New Mexico, Sept. 9, 1850.
Commodore Perry carried our flag in 1854 into the harbors of Japan, and the first commercial treaty with that nation was made by and with the United States.
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