What was the 1st state to enter the union? (US)?

Answer 1

how can it be a union if there is only 1 state?



but its delaware

Answer 2

Delaware is one of eight South Atlantic States in the United States of America. Delaware was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and is known as the "First State" as it was the first to ratify the United States Constitution. The name Delaware comes from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, after whom Delaware Bay was named.

Answer 3

Delaware was the first to ratify the United States Constitution on December 7, 1787. Pennsylvania was the second on December 12, 1787.

Answer 4

Delaware was the First U.S. state to enter the Union.

Answer 5

Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution on 02 DEC 1787, becoming the first state under the current style of government.

Answer 6

Delaware was the 1st state to ratify the Constitution.

Answer 7

Delaware

Answer 8

Delaware then I think Rhode Island followed right behind

Answer 9

Facts of the Thirteen Colonies

Connecticut: 5th to become a state 1788; settled by Puritans from Massachusetts; state laws were model for US Constitution; nickname is Constitution State

Delaware: 1st state 12-7-1787; Delaware's Blue Hen army (named for their leader's pet fighting Blue Hen rooster) turned away advancing British in initial skirmish with great speed and bravery; the 13-star flag was flown in battle here first

Georgia: Last colony settled but was 4th to ratify Constitution and become state; named after King George II

Maryland: Named for Queen Henrietta Maria of England; Known for its valiant army; statehood 4-28-1788; part of state became Washington D C

Massachusetts: Plymouth Rock home; became a state 2-6-1788; once had a carved wooden codfish on the wall of the State House because codfish were a big state industry

New Hampshire: named for Hampshire County in England; became state 6-21-1788; was heavily explored by both French and English

New Jersey: Land was given to the Governor of the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel for this colony; it would be the site of over 100 battles and skirmishes before the Revolution ended

New York: Named for the Duke of York (brother of King Charles II); statehood 7-26-1788; US Congress met here after Revolution

North Carolina: Home of Roanoke Island's Lost Colony; first child born in America was John White's granddaughter Virginia on 8-18-1587; statehood 11-21-1789

Pennsylvania: means Penn's Woods, named for William Penn; nickname Keystone State because it is the center of the arch of thirteen colonies; 2nd state 12-12-1787; settled by various religious groups who greatly enhanced colonial life with inventions such as the Conestoga wagon

Rhode Island: smallest colony and state; not an island, was maybe named for Isle of Rhodes in Aegean Sea; 1st declare independence from England but last of thirteen to become a state because of concerns over being fairly represented in spite of size

South Carolina: once part of "Carolana" with NC; nickname Palmetto State because fortress of palms kept British warship away from Charleston harbor in 1776 battle; statehood 5-23-1778

Virginia: home to four of the first five US presidents, and eventually home to four more; site of 1st permanent settlement in Jamestown 1607

In 1791, Vermont joined the Union as the 14th member–the first state to enter the union after the original 13 colonies, and a counterweight to Kentucky, which was admitted to the Union shortly afterward.

Answer 10

Delaware--check your collectible quarters.