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	Statehood Dates
		After statehood the leftover area to the west had post offices that continued for some years to use an Arkansas abbreviation in the postmarks, although they were really in the "Indian Country."
		The area to the west and northwest of the state, which had been in the territory, was commonly known as the "Missouri Country" until May 30, 1854, and certain of the post offices in this area show a Missouri abbreviation in the postmark.
		The state is smaller than the territory and the leftover area continued to be called the Territory of Wisconsin until March 3, 1849.
	www.50states.com /statehood.htm (354 words)

	Constitutive theory of statehood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The constitutive theory of statehood defines a state as a person of international law which is recognised as sovereign by other states.
		Statehood according to this theory does not require diplomatic recognition by other states, but rather a recognition that it exists.
		It is the opposing point of view to the declarative theory of statehood, which defines statehood in terms of several de facto characteristics of a region.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constitutive_theory_of_statehood (103 words)

	State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Recognition of the state's claim to independence by other states, enabling it to enter into international agreements, is often important to the establishment of its statehood, although some theories do not make this a requirement - for instance, the Montevideo Convention.
		The "state" can also be defined in terms of domestic conditions, specifically the monopolization of the legitimate use of force within a country.
		An example in practice was the collapse of central government in Somalia in the early 1990s: the Montevideo convention would imply that the state of Somalia no longer existed, and the subsequently declared republic of Somaliland (comprising part of the so-called "former" Somalia) may meet the criteria for statehood.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Statehood (3700 words)

	The Statehood Movement-1908 Ok History-Chapter 26
		Of greater importance to them than statehood was the movement which became a local political issue in the campaign of 1896, to relieve the settlers of their remaining payments on homesteads.
		As to the arguments advanced by opponents of statehood that the citizens of Oklahoma are highly prosperous in their territorial condition, and that under a state government they might be subjected to burdensome taxation and reckless obligations in behalf of railroads and other improvements, the committee admits the force of such reasoning.
		Statehood is not a question to be settled by the people of the territories alone; it is a question for the nation to settle.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/topic/historical/ok_29.htm (7256 words)

	DC Statehood Green Party
		Statehood Green activist, D.C. public school parent, and track coach Thomas Smith will run for the At-Large seat on the D.C. Board of Education in November, for which ballot petitions are due later this summer.
		The Statehood Green Party campaigned intensely against passage of the charter amendment referendum to convert the Board of Education to a partially appointed body, for which D.C. voters cast ballots on June 27 and results (too close to call last week) will be announced on Friday, July 7.
		Statehood Greens called the amendment an assault on the democratic voting rights of parents and other D.C. voters, and also cited the failure of D.C.'s last educational bureaucracy, the Board of Trustees appointed by the Financial Control Board, which closed 16 schools and allowed millions of unaccounted-for dollars to disappear.
	www.commondreams.org /news2000/0707-08.htm (585 words)

	November 29, 1999 - News - D.C. Statehood, Green parties merge; name change preserves 'ballot status'
		The D.C. Statehood Party and the fledgling Green Party have received official permission to merge from the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics.
		According to Green party steering committee member Scott McLarty, the D.C. Statehood Green Party is the largest in relation to population of any Green party in the nation.
		The last Statehood party member to hold elected office was Hilda H.M. Mason, who lost her long-held at-large council seat last November.
	www.thecommondenominator.com /112999_news6.html (441 words)

	April 10, 2000 - News - Statehood stalwart to speak at party convention (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Statehood and other local D.C. issues have never had a national platform like this before, and this year’s convention is the first time Green Party members in this country have held a national convention.
		Dixon said Statehood Party members in the past have attended the Democratic Party’s national convention but have never had the opportunity to speak at those gatherings.
		Dixon said she was selected to speak at the convention because she is the highest elected official in the District from the Statehood Green party, even though the school board is a non-partisan body.
	www.thecommondenominator.com /041000_news3.html (520 words)

	Why Statehood? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Statehood would create an environment of stability and permanence to attract needed capital and generate long-term growth.
		Statehood would similarly eliminate the persistent uncertainty over possible changes in tax and economic policy under the existing commonwealth status.
		With statehood, it is estimated that Puerto Rico could reduce its overall spending by 45%, and cut income tax rates by 72%.
	www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/vol2n23/whystatehood-en.shtml (5973 words)

	CNN - Puerto Ricans say no to statehood - December 14, 1998
		Statehood for the commonwealth of Puerto Rico was also defeated in 1993 and 1967
		In 1993, shortly after starting his first term as governor, Rossello backed a status plebiscite in which commonwealth defeated statehood by 48 to 46 percent, with most of the rest of votes for independence.
		Statehood also was defeated in a 1967 plebiscite on Puerto Rico's status, a defeat that split the existing pro-statehood party and led to the birth of the NPP.
	www.cnn.com /US/9812/14/puerto.rico.01/index.html (1007 words)

	National Review: Hail, New Columbia?: D.C. statehood, again - new fiscal responsibility in Washington, D.C. is expected ...
		Statehood may be achieved by statute or joint resolution in Congress.
		In the long term, statehood would provide extra muscle to the big-government caucus, because the District is home to just one industry: the federal behemoth.
		Statehood advocates say over and over that they're talking about "taxation without representation"-ringing words in the American conscience-and Democrats won't hesitate to remind us it's taxation of African-Americans without representation.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1282/is_4_53/ai_70433632 (1273 words)

	Puerto Rican statehood
		Statehood supporters "see the United States as a union of 50 sovereign states united to give their citizens the best opportunity to succeed in life.
		The breakdown of statehood proponents in the U.S. is 57.4% of first generation, 25.7% of second generation, and 16.9% of third generation.
		The breakdown of statehood proponents based on language ability is 2.2% speak only English, 42% are better in English, 25% have no preference, 27.5 are better in Spanish, and 3.4 speak only Spanish.
	ri.essortment.com /puertoricansta_rdla.htm (1312 words)

	Statehood Quarter Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		During the program, a new statehood quarter is released by the United States Mint every "quintile," or 1/5th of a year (73 days); five designs are released each year.
		The statehood quarters program has become one of the most popular commemorative coin programs in United States history; the United States Mint has estimated that over one hundred million individuals have collected state quarters, either formally or informally.
		However, the 1997 act that authorized the statehood quarter program provided that if any territories, commonwealths, or the federal district became states before 2009, that new state would get a quarter.
	www.thelocalcolorartgallery.com /encyclopedia/Statehood_Quarter (1682 words)

	Statehood Wanted by Settlers of Oklahoma Territory
		A statehood convention was held at Oklahoma City, December 15, 1891, and, six weeks later, Delegate Harvey introduced the first statehood bill into Congress.
		In the summer of 1905, the principal chiefs of four of the Five Civilized Tribes united in issuing a call for a constitutional convention to meet at Muskogee, on August 21, for the purpose of forming a constitution of a state to be composed of the Indian Territory.
		After the failure of this movement, all further hope of separate statehood for either Oklahoma or the Indian Territory was abandoned and the reunion of the two territories into one state seemed certain.
	www.rootsweb.com /~oknowata/SW.htm (794 words)

	ASSOCIATED PRESS - "Pro-Statehood Puerto Ricans Launch Campaign" - en (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Hernan Padilla, former mayor of San Juan and chairman of the U.S. Council for Puerto Rico Statehood, predicted success in the vote, although it is not binding, either on Puerto Rico or the U.S. Congress.
		In the most recent vote, in 1993, 49 percent of voters opted for Puerto Rico to remain a commonwealth, 46 percent for statehood and 5 percent for independence.
		Statehood supporters hope a favorable vote by Puerto Ricans will help push the issue through Congress next year.
	www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/vol2n26/APCampaign-en.shtml (383 words)

	HAWAI'I STATEHOOD: The History of the Struggle to Achieve Statehood, and Current Challenges
		Hawai'i's struggle to achieve Statehood spanned 110 years, from a proposal by King Kamehameha III in 1849 until the achievement of Statehood in 1959.
		Furthermore, they say the Statehood vote of 1959 whereby the citizens of Hawai'i voted 94% in favor of Statehood was illegal under international law because it failed to offer the option of independence, and also because it allowed people other than Native Hawaiians to vote in the plebiscite.
		In 2003 the Statehood Day Celebration resolution was introduced only in the Senate, as both a Senate Resolution and also a Senate Concurrent Resolution that could travel to the House after being passed by the Senate.
	www.angelfire.com /hi2/hawaiiansovereignty/statehoodhistandcurr.html (2119 words)

	Private Action for Philippine Statehood
		XP is interested in statehood for many areas of the world, our feeling being that the fewer countries there are on Earth, the less conflict and more cooperation there will be toward solution of shared problems.
		People in the U.S. who are racially biased against statehood for the Philippines alone might grudgingly consent to annex the Philippines if they thought that admission of that archipelago might soon thereafter lead to annexation of white Australia and New Zealand.
		Most efforts for Philippine statehood have to originate in the Philippines, however, because this is something few people in the U.S. will believe is a serious proposal unless it comes from the Philippines, and because the U.S. is wary of being branded "imperialist" for taking the lead in reannexing the islands.
	members.aol.com /XPUS/Phil/Phil.html (3806 words)

	"The Tennessee Plan" - A Speech by George H. Lehleitner
		Now, it so happens that the latter-day territories, seeking their just entitlement of equality in statehood, are up against a number of handicaps that the earlier territories simply didn't have to contend with.
		So, the mere fact that something is mechanically and legally possible does not eliminate it as a barrier, and it would be my considered judgment that the infrequency with which that objection is heard in the debate is no conclusive evidence of its importance to the issue.
		And then something happened and that something was the calling of a constitutional convention and the writing by the delegates to the constitutional convention into their constitutions a proviso that gave them, without a single exception, statehood within less than two years after the action had been taken.
	www.alaska.edu /creatingalaska/convention/speeches/lehleitner.xml (3191 words)

	hist07 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		New Mexico’s citizens first attempted to gain statehood in 1850, when local officials drafted a state constitution which was overwhelmingly approved by voters.
		Statehood was opposed by those who felt that New Mexico’s predominantly Hispanic and Indian population was too foreign and too Catholic for admission to the American Union.
		Elkins’ handshake is blamed for costing New Mexico several Southern votes it needed for passage of the statehood bill, and while Colorado was voted into the Union in 1876, New Mexico remained a territory for another 36 years.
	www.sos.state.nm.us /BLUEBOOK/hist07.htm (733 words)

	Provisional Statehood is Folly
		Statehood before peace is guaranteed to increase the violence.
		Once you have statehood, the Palestinians will say that every self-respecting state has the right to arm itself as it wishes.
		Statehood for the Palestinians is a foregone conclusion.
	aish.com /jewishissues/middleeast/Provisional_Statehood_is_Folly.asp (1011 words)

	Caution Needed on Puerto Rico Statehood: The Costly, Confusing, and Contentious Repercussions of H.R. 856
		Congress will soon confront the issue of Puerto Rican statehood in considering the United States—Puerto Rico Political Status Act (H.R. The stated purpose of this bill is to express the congressional commitment to "encourage" procedures through which the permanent political status of the people of Puerto Rico can be established.
		Moreover, a vibrant independence movement is adamantly opposed to statehood and to English as the official language.
		Given that a majority of Puerto Ricans do not favor statehood and, in fact, voted against it in plebiscites in 1952, 1967, and 1993, there are strong reasons to rethink this bill—not the least of which are the more than $3 billion annual cost to American taxpayers, cultural divisiveness, and long-term political consequences.
	www.heritage.org /Research/LatinAmerica/EM495.cfm (1085 words)

	Statehood
		The other key dates in the process included passage of the Admissions Act by Congress in March of 1959, signed into law on March 18th by the President, and votes for statehood by the residents of Hawai'i in November of 1950 and June of 1959.
		The colonial establishment trumpeted statehood as "equal opportunity and autonomy." The only other (unstated) option was for Ka Pae'aina to remain as a territory.
		The official colonial establishment and the colonial communications media continue to deny that Ka Pae'aina is a colony and the we Kanaka Maoli are colonized.
	www.hawaiischoolreports.com /history/statehood.htm (968 words)

	Dennis Kucinich on DC Statehood
		The majority of Americans may not be aware that the citizens of Washington DC are currently disenfranchised and largely ignored, because they lack statehood.
		It is time DC residents had statehood and the same rights as all Americans.
		As Sam Smith wrote in his article, The Case for DC Statehood, "Our right is entire membership in the United State of America as the 51st state.
	www.kucinich.us /issues/dc_statehood.php (360 words)

	D.C. Statehood Green Party
		The D.C. Statehood Greens issued a statement voter disenfranchisement in Florida and elsewhere on Thursday, December 7 (appended below), which was revised and adopted a few weeks later as a national statement by the Association of State Green Parties.
		Charlie Mason was a co-founder of the D.C. Statehood Party (merged with the D.C. Green Party since 1999) and a long time supporter of the party, and is husband of former D.C. Council member Hilda Mason.
		The D.C. Statehood Green Party supports the demand of the Congressional Black Caucus that the Justice Department investigate these allegations as possible violations of the constitutional rights of thousands of Americans and as abuses of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
	www.commondreams.org /news2001/0119-06.htm (750 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News
		Though it later got on the statehood bandwagon, The Honolulu Advertiser in the early postwar years was firmly against it.
		But when she was defeated in 1956 by Burns, the statehood drive was again colored by opponents who said Hawaii was filled with Communist Party supporters.
		The Hawaii Statehood Commission also was pushing loyalty and American values that cast Hawaii as an extension of Main Street USA.
	starbulletin.com /1999/10/18/special/story4.html (994 words)

	DCPL: MLK: Washingtoniana Division: D.C. Community Archives: Processed Collections: Finding Aids: Statehood Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		HISTORY: In 1979 a Statehood Initiative was presented to D.C. residents for a vote to approve legislation that would begin a concerted effort to make the District a state.
		The Statehood Commission was to "educate, promote, and advance the proposition of statehood for the District of Columbia in the District and elsewhere." The Compact Commission was given the responsibility to conduct a "full and complete study of the necessary and appropriate legislative and administration action" to achieve statehood.
		Congress did not vote on the D.C. Statehood bill, which was originally introduced by Walter Fauntroy as H.R. 51 in 1987, until November 1993 The bill was defeated by a vote of 277 to 153.
	www.dclibrary.org /washingtoniana/comm-fa-statehood.html (3472 words)

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