1784 engraved map of the eastern United States, with the original states labeled from New Hampshire to Georgia.
Abel Buell, A New and Correct Map of the United States of North America, 1784. Public domain.

About this channel

1700s and 1800s

Footnotes of Statehood tells how each U.S. state got to statehood, clearly enough for every age.

The map and seal on this page are from the late 1700s and early 1800s, when the union was being drawn and new states were being admitted.

A new episode is published on Fridays.

Viewers can follow one state’s road into the union at a time.

1786 engraving of the eagle on the Great Seal of the United States.
Obverse of the Great Seal of the United States. James Trenchard, 1786. Public domain. Source

Episodes

3 episodes, newest first.

Earlier episodes