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What are the steps a territory needs to become a state?

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There are three steps:

1. Congress appoints a governor, secretary, and 3 judges for the territory.
2. 5,000 free male inhabitants move into territory. The people elect a legislature and nonvoting delegates to Congress.
3. When the territory has a population of at least 60,000 free male inhabitants, all they had to do was to apply to become a state.
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