201.New States
The first new state to be admitted to the Union was Vermont (1791). The land which formed this state was claimed by New Hampshire and by New York . But during the Revolution the Green Mountain Boys had declared themselves independent and had drawn up a constitution . They now applied to Congress for admission to the Union as a separate state . The next year Kentucky came into the Union . This was originally a part of Virginia , and the colonists had brought their slaves with them to their new homes . Kentucky , there - fore , was a slave state . Vermont was a free state , and its constitution for - bade slavery .
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