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The 50 states of the United States of America appear below in alphabetical Rosetta Stone language order, each with the year in which they ratified the present U.S. Constitution.Alabama (1819)Admitted in 1819 as the 22nd state, Alabama forms a roughly rectangular shape on the map, elongated in a north-south direction. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, and Mississippi to the west. The Florida panhandle blocks Alabama's access to the Gulf of Mexico except in Alabama's southwestern corner, where Mobile Bay is located. Montgomery is the state capital. (More Alabama History)Alaska (1959)Admitted to the union as the 49th state in 1959, Alaska lies at the extreme northwest of the North American continent and is the largest peninsula in the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean to the north; Canada's Yukon territory and British Columbia province to the Cheap Rosetta Stone Spanish east; the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean to the south; the Bering Strait and the Bering Sea to the west; and the Chukchi Sea to the northwest. The capital is Juneau. (More Alaska History)Arizona (1912)Arizona is the sixth largest state in the country in terms of area. Its population has always been predominantly urban, particularly since the mid-20th century, when urban and suburban areas began growing rapidly at the expense of the countryside. Some scholars believe that the state's name comes from a Basque phrase meaning place of oaks, while others attribute it to a Tohono O'odham (Papago) Indian phrase meaning place of the young (or little) spring. Arizona achieved statehood on Feb. 14, 1912, the last of the 48 coterminous United States to be admitted to the Union. (More Arizona History)Arkansas (1836)Arkansas Rosetta Stone America English ranks 27th among the 50 states in area, but, except for Louisiana and Hawaii, it is the smallest state west of the Mississippi River.

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