Sentences with 'statehood'

Example sentences and phrases with the word statehood and other words derived from it.

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« Another stage in the expansion of the United States came when Missourians began to apply for statehood in 1817. »
« The Missouri territory had been part of the Louisiana Purchase and was the first part of that vast acquisition to apply for statehood. »
« The debate over representation shifted to the morality of slavery itself when New York Representative James Tallmadge, an opponent of slavery, attempted to amend the statehood bill in the House of Representatives. »
« The territorial ordinances proved to be the great triumph of the Confederate Congress. Congress would appoint a governor for the territories, and when the territory's population reached five thousand free adult settlers, those citizens could create their own legislature and begin the process of moving toward statehood. When the population reached sixty thousand, the territory could become a new state. »

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