...and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States." New York was the first state to give up its western claims, followed by an indication from Virginia...

...regulations under which the settlements shall exist till they become "distinct republican States as members of the federal union, having the same rights...sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States"? and did not the framers of our National Constitution, employ the word "regulations"— in the clause...

...which stipulated that "in due course, territories were to become States in the Federal union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the other States," as well as the "territorial clause" of the US Constitution.20 Article IV, Section 3 gives Congress...

...miles square, or as near thereto as circumstances would admit; and that the states so formed should be distinct republican states, and admitted members...sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other states. (1 1 Hen 566 [1782-1784]) In order to meet certain objections from the United States, Virginia passed...

...Congress, that such new States should be republican in form, and "members of the federal union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States." This is the first action of Congress in reference to new States on the western waters, and the first...

...Mexico Southwest Territory (other state cessions) Western Land Claims of the States Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States." By 1790 all the states but Georgia had surrendered their pretensions to western territory, thus creating...