Question: what is the first state of the us
Answer: State Date ( admitted or ratified ) Formed from Delaware December 7 , 1787 ( ratified ) Colony of Delaware Pennsylvania December 12 , 1787 ( ratified ) Proprietary Province of Pennsylvania New Jersey December 18 , 1787 ( ratified ) Crown Colony of New Jersey Georgia January 2 , 1788 ( ratified ) Crown Colony of Georgia 5 Connecticut January 9 , 1788 ( ratified ) Crown Colony of Connecticut 6 Massachusetts February 6 , 1788 ( ratified ) Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay 7 Maryland April 28 , 1788 ( ratified ) Proprietary Province of Maryland 8 South Carolina May 2