USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Tennessee was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state.

Detailed explanation-2: -Called the “Volunteer State, ” Tennessee became the 16th state of the Union in 1796. It was the first territory admitted as a state under the federal Constitution. Before statehood, it was known as the Territory South of the River Ohio.

Detailed explanation-3: -The constitution was drafted in Knoxville by a convention consisting of 55 delegates. Once it was completed, the delegates sent the Constitution to Washington City for review by the Congress before it adjourned. President Washington signed the bill giving Tennessee immediate statehood on June 1, 1796.

Detailed explanation-4: -The census showed that they had enough people to form a legislature and write a new state constitution. The state would be called Tennessee. And this time it worked! On June 1, 1796, President George Washington made Tennessee the 16th state to join the United States.

Detailed explanation-5: -The 1796 Constitution’s declarations on rights, taxation, and legislative authority were drawn largely from the North Carolina and Pennsylvania constitutions. The Declaration of Rights and the position on suffrage differentiate Tennessee’s constitution from others of its time.