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The United States is a federal union of fifty states. The original thirteen states were the successors of the thirteen colonies that rebelled against British rule. The Original Territory of the United States, as recognized in the Paris Peace Treaty with the United Kingdom, included all lands up to the eastern most edge of the Mississippi River. That land boundary of the United States is now occupied by 25 states. In 1803, The United States purchased the Louisianna Territory from France and that land is home to additional 13 states. The remaining 12 states came into the Union through a mixture of treaties, purchases and wars. Most of the states were carved out of unorganized territories, with the exceptions being Vermont, Texas, and Hawaii; each was an independent republic before joining the union. Early in the country's history, three states were created out of the territory of existing ones: Kentucky from Virginia; Tennessee from North Carolina; and Maine from Massachusetts. West Virginia broke away from Virginia during the American Civil War. The most recent state—Hawaii—achieved statehood on August 21, 1959. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the states do not have the right to secede from the union.

The states comprise the vast bulk of the U.S. land mass; the only other areas considered integral parts of the country are the District of Columbia, the federal district where the capital, Washington, is located; and Palmyra Atoll, an uninhabited but incorporated territory in the Pacific Ocean. The United States possesses five major territories with indigenous populations: Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands in the Caribbean; and American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific. Those born in the territories possess U.S. citizenship. source Wikipedia


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