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Unification
History of USA
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| | 1781 | Washington, George |  |
| The Articles of Confederation give Congress minimum powers over individual states |
| 1789 | Washington, George |  |
| The Federal Convention is created as the best way of organizing the Union of States |
| 1791 | Washington, George |  |
| 3rd Mar Vermont Vermont becomes the 14th State of the Union |
| 1803 | Jefferson, Thomas |  |
| 1st Mar Ohio Ohio becomes the 17th State of the Union |
| 1837 | Buren, Martin van |  |
| 26th Jan Michigan Michigan becomes the 26th USAState |
| 25th Aug Texas The Government notifies Texas that it will not be admitted to the union |
| 1845 | Polk, James Knox |  |
| 3rd Mar Florida Florida becomes the 27th State of the Union |
| 1860 | Lincoln, Abraham |  |
| 10th Nov South Carolina Sth Carolina decides to secede from the Union |
| 1861 | Lincoln, Abraham |  |
| 29th Jan Kansas Kansas becomes the 34th USAState |
| 10th Nov By 1861 all but 3 slave states have joined the Southern Confederacy |
| 1862 | Lincoln, Abraham |  |
| 1st Jan Washington Says "the old south must be destroyed and replaced by new propositions & ideas" |
| 1867 | Lincoln, Abraham |  |
| 1st Mar Nebraska Nebraska becomes the 37th State of the Union |
| 1896 | Cleveland, Grover |  |
| 10th Jan Utah Utah becomes the 45th state of the Union |
| 1912 | Taft, William Howard |  |
| 6th Jan New New Mexico becomes the 47th state of the Union |
| 1947 | Byrnes, James Francis |  |
| Invites the other 3 German occupying powers to join their zones together |
| Frankfurt The USA& British authorize the German Economic Council, the basis for self-government |
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