The first state in the Union was Delaware.
ratify the Constitution of the United States
The original colonies that formed the United States, in the order that they each ratified the Constitution, were:DelawarePennsylvaniaNew JerseyGeorgiaConnecticutMassachusettsMarylandSouth CarolinaNew HampshireVirginiaNew YorkNorth CarolinaRhode Island
Should this question be referring to the United States before slavery was abolished in 1865, here are a few slave holding States that bordered on States were slavery was illegal: Slave State Maryland: borders with non slave States of: Pennsylvania and West Virginia; Slave State of Delaware bordering non slave States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This is only a short list of slave States bordering non slave States at the time of the US Civil War.
Rhode Island did not send anyone to the 1787 Philadelphia convention to represent their state.
in 1787
Delaware was the first state to receive statehood on December 7, 1787.Delaware was the first state to receive statehood on December 7, 1787.Delaware was the first state to receive statehood on December 7, 1787.Delaware was the first state to receive statehood on December 7, 1787.Delaware was the first state to receive statehood on December 7, 1787.Delaware was the first state to receive statehood on December 7, 1787.
Delaware 12/7/1787
Delaware become the first state on December 7, 1787.
Delaware is known as the first state since it was first to vote in the affirmative to adopt the constitution.
Delaware was admitted into the Union on December 7, 1787 becoming the 1st state to join the union.
Delaware was the first state to ratify the constitution.
* Delaware Friday, December 7, 1787 * Pennsylvania Wednesday, December 12, 1787 * New Jersey Tuesday, December 18, 1787
It depends it was really first a state in 1776. But in 1787 Delaware was the first state to ratify the constitution.
delaware got it state hood in Dec. 7, 1787
In 1787 it became a state, but I think it was "actually" founded in 1609.
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