Four states were formed from other states. West Virginia and Kentucky both seceded from Virginia. Maine seceded from Massachusetts. Vermont was formed from land claimed by New York and New Hampshire.
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The Confederate States Of America was formed by eleven states that seceded from the United States.
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The Confederate States of America.
the united states congress The source of power for the United States Congress to admit new states into the Union is Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1, which states: "New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected withing the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State formed by the Junction of two or more states, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress."
February 22, 1861 in Montgomery , Alabama