I’m going to talk about states added to the United States between 1790 and 1796. These states were as follows: Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee. I’ll talk about the geographical locations, as well as the origin of that state (and how it was added to the United States), as well as a few fun facts about each state.
Vermont was added to the United States in 1790. It was the first territory to become a state after the colonies separated from Britain. Vermont had actually separated from the states and was an independent republic for fourteen years prior to rejoining the Union. It used to be a part of New Hampshire, but it had a dispute with the United States and so it left to become it’s own nation. In 1790, it was decided by the government of Vermont that they would like to rejoin the United States. The United States hadn’t recognized Vermont as its own republic anyway, so the result of this whole ordeal was the separation of Vermont from New Hampshire.
At this time all the territories had the same boundaries as they do today except one. Virginia and West Virginia were still just the single state of Virginia. Kentucky borders Virginia, and it became the fifteenth state in 1792.
The sixteenth state was Tennessee. It became a part of the union in 1796. Tennessee has volunteered many soldiers in time of war, earning it the nickname of “The Volunteer State†Tennessee is located directly south of Kentucky, and borders both Carolinas and Georgia.
Three new states were added between 1790 and 1796. They were Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee. They each have unique histories about how they became states, Vermont in particular. I also talked a little bit about the geography of these three states. The United States, at this point in time, has sixteen of the eventual fifty states that would be under its control.