USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1803, Ohio was admitted to the Union as the 17th state.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ohio is well-known as the 17th state admitted into the United States in 1803. The land now known as Ohio was part of the Northwest Territory. Ohio was the first state carved out of the old Northwest Ordinance laid out in 1787.

Detailed explanation-3: -On February 19, 1803, Congress passed an act stating that the citizens of Ohio had adopted a constitution in accordance with the 1802 enabling act and the said state had become one of the United States of America.

Detailed explanation-4: -The United States Senate and the House of Representatives each approved the Constitution, and on February 19, 1803, Ohio officially became the seventeenth state of the United States of America. The State of Ohio celebrates Ohio statehood on March 1.