Here’s a brief overview of when each U.S. state became a state:

Delaware: December 7, 1787 (1st)

Pennsylvania: December 12, 1787 (2nd)

New Jersey: December 18, 1787 (3rd)

Georgia: January 2, 1788 (4th)

Connecticut: January 9, 1788 (5th)

Massachusetts: February 6, 1788 (6th)

Maryland: April 28, 1788 (7th)

South Carolina: May 23, 1788 (8th)

New Hampshire: June 21, 1788 (9th)

Virginia: June 25, 1788 (10th)

New York: July 26, 1788 (11th)

North Carolina: November 21, 1789 (12th)

Rhode Island: May 29, 1790 (13th)

Vermont: March 4, 1791 (14th)

Kentucky: June 1, 1792 (15th)

Tennessee: June 1, 1796 (16th)

Ohio: March 1, 1803 (17th)

Louisiana: April 30, 1812 (18th)

Indiana: December 11, 1816 (19th)

Mississippi: December 10, 1817 (20th)

Illinois: December 3, 1818 (21st)

Alabama: December 14, 1819 (22nd)

Maine: March 15, 1820 (23rd)

Missouri: August 10, 1821 (24th)

Arkansas: June 15, 1836 (25th)

Michigan: January 26, 1837 (26th)

Florida: March 3, 1845 (27th)

Texas: December 29, 1845 (28th)

Iowa: December 28, 1846 (29th)

Wisconsin: May 29, 1848 (30th)

California: September 9, 1850 (31st)

Minnesota: May 11, 1858 (32nd)

Oregon: February 14, 1859 (33rd)

Kansas: January 29, 1861 (34th)

West Virginia: June 20, 1863 (35th)

Nevada: October 31, 1864 (36th)

Nebraska: March 1, 1867 (37th)

Colorado: August 1, 1876 (38th)

North Dakota: November 2, 1889 (39th)

South Dakota: November 2, 1889 (40th)

Montana: November 8, 1889 (41st)

Washington: November 11, 1889 (42nd)

Idaho: July 3, 1890 (43rd)

Wyoming: July 10, 1890 (44th)

Utah: January 4, 1896 (45th)

Oklahoma: November 16, 1907 (46th)

New Mexico: January 6, 1912 (47th)

Arizona: February 14, 1912 (48th)

Alaska: January 3, 1959 (49th)

Hawaii: August 21, 1959 (50th)

This timeline highlights the gradual expansion of the United States from the original thirteen colonies to the fifty states we know today. thank me later