Statehood Sentence Examples

Agitation for statehood became prominent in territorial politics for some years.

Prior to statehood, territorial counties maintained Nevada records.

During the colonial period and the early years of statehood the legislature was composed of one house, but the bicameral system was adopted in the constitution of 1790.

In 1864 Montana Territory was created, and in 1889 this Territory was admitted to statehood.

In August 1821, after three years of bitter controversy, Missouri was formally admitted to statehood.

As population increased the question of the capital was complicated by the question of statehood.

American settlers began arriving from Kentucky in the 1810s; they achieved statehood in 1818.

Hence this organizing capacity must respect and indeed strengthen national statehood.

It was carefully worded to avoid suggesting the dominions had acquired sovereign statehood.

That solution is own statehood.

Finally he says that it fully deserves for statehood.

Until the Civil War the division between the Whig and Democratic parties, whose organization in California preceded statehood, was essentially based on slavery.

The application for statehood precipitated one of the most famous and significant episodes of national history - the Missouri Compromise.

In 1856 the people voted for statehood; and in June 1857 they elected members of a constitutional convention which drafted a constitution at Salem in August and September 1857; the constitution was ratified by popular vote in November 1 For many years it was generally believed that the administration at Washington was prevented from surrendering its claims to Oregon, in return for the grant by Great Britain of fishing stations in Newfoundland, by Marcus Whitman, who in1842-1843made a journey across the entire continent in the depth of winter to dissuade the government from this purpose.

Both were involved in the agitation in1858-1859for the annexation of the South Platte to Kansas (q.v.), which gained considerable strength; annexation promising to the former much earlier statehood than continued union with the backward region of the North Platte, and to northern Kansas also promising earlier statehood, and an advantage in the sectional struggle with southern Kansas.

As the expenses of Territorial government were partly borne by the United States, statehood was voted against in 1860, and again (virtually) in 1864 after Congress had passed an Enabling Act; but in 1866 a constitution framed by the legislature was declared carried by the people by a majority of loo votes in 7776, and Nebraska was admitted as a state (in spite of President Johnson's veto) in 1867, after her legislature had accepted a fundamental condition imposed by Congress removing the limitation of the suffrage to whites by the new constitution.

In other circumstances such Indigenous peoples might have had recognized statehood.

Apart from all of that, you may be the only person seeking statehood for London Anthony.

Unity and liberty are the two driving forces and guiding values on the two alternative pathways to national statehood.

At the same time, the shift in the representation of the royal person reflected a change in Russian statehood.

The four crore people of bundelkhand speak Bundeli language having same culture .So they collectively deserve for own statehood .Sanjay Pandey the leader of Bundelkhand Akikrit Party says that the area of bundelkhand region is nearly 2.5 lakh square KM, which is more than the areas of Tripura,Meghalaya,Himachal Pradesh,Haryana,Mijoram,Manipur etc. If Bundelkhand is formed ;it will be the ninth bigger state of India.

At the same time, early in 1860, a movement for statehood was inaugurated, a constitution being framed and submitted to the people, who rejected it, adopting later in the year a constitution of territorial government.

Moreover, US President George W. Bush 's public commitment to Palestinian statehood will make it tough for him to oppose Kurdish independence.

Short term, the Israel 's want to kill as many Palestinians as possible and beat down the Palestinian right to independent statehood.

Rabbi Goldstein first addressed the crowd about the incompatibility of the aspiration for Jewish statehood with Judaic teachings.

Ben-Gurion 's own commitment to statehood did not waver in the face of Arab opposition or British prevarications.

After statehood, Texas continued to grow.

While it did not possess the required minimum population for statehood of 60,000, Congress recognized that it was growing fast enough for statehood.

Since statehood, the Clerk of the Court in the county has been the official repository of marriage licenses.

Rapid growth in population and wealth led to agitation for statehood, and a constitution was adopted in 1878, but Congress declined to pass an enabling act.

He began to take an active part in the movement for separate statehood for Kentucky, and in 1787 he entered into an irregular commercial agreement with the Spanish officials of Louisiana.

Finally the long-desired admission to statehood was granted by Congress (February 22, 1889) and President Benjamin Harrison (November 11, 1889) formally announced the admission complete.

Agitation for statehood increased, and on the 30th of September 1889 a constitution was formed which was adopted by the people in November of the same year.

In accordance with an act of Congress, approved on the 16th of June 1906, the inhabitants of Arizona and New Mexico voted on the 6th of November 1906 on the question of uniting the territories into a single state to be called Arizona; the vote of New Mexico was favourable to union and statehood, but these were defeated by the vote of Arizona (16,265 against, and 3141 for statehood).

Statehood, therefore, was not granted until the 4th of January 1896, owing to the apparent hostility of the Mormon authorities to non-Mormon settlers and to repeated clashes between the Mormon Church and the United States government regarding extent of control, polygamous practices, &c. And even after the admission of the state these questions arose in the matter of seating prominent Mormons who were elected to Congress.

The history of Mississippi may be divided into the period of exploration (154 1699), the period of French rule (1699-1763), the period of English rule (1763-1781), the period of Spanish rule (1781-1798), the territorial period (1798-1817), and the period of statehood (1817 seq.).

The idea of providing a university and free local schools as parts of a public school system occurs in the constitution of 1820 (and in the Acts of Congress that prepared the way for statehood), and the occurrence is noteworthy; but the real beginnings of the system scarcely go back further than 1850.

New Mexico (then including the present Arizona) and Utah were organized without any prohibition of slavery (each being left free to decide for or against, on admission to statehood), and a rigid fugitive slave law was enacted; these were concessions to the South.

In 1867 the Republican party had prepared for the admission of Colorado as a state, but the enabling act was vetoed by President Johnson, and statehood was not gained until 1876.