Timeline for Which attempts to create or revise states resulted in action?
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| Jul 31, 2014 at 23:27 | comment | added | Jasper | Neither Maine nor Vermont was ceded to the federal government under the Articles of Confederation. Vermont was a self-governing District during the Revolution, but it was still claimed by New York until it was decided to make Vermont a state. Maine was very much governed by the Massachusetts General Court (aka legislature) until the Compromise of 1820. | |
| Jul 31, 2014 at 23:14 | comment | added | Pieter Geerkens | I believe the first condition is necessary for far more reasons than you note. | |
| Jul 31, 2014 at 23:14 | comment | added | Oldcat | Actually Maine and all territories claimed by states outside their borders were ceded to the US in the Articles of Confederation. Many had vague claims off west indefinitely, which they gave up in exchange for the US assuming their debt. So Maine went from Mass. Territory to US Territory to US State. West Virginia is the only time where a large portion of a state changed identities. From time to time the movement of the Mississippi River makes a chunk of land change states. | |
| Jul 31, 2014 at 23:10 | history | edited | Jasper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 31, 2014 at 23:03 | history | answered | Jasper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |