While Mainers wanted separation, they faced a significant hurdle at the federal level: the issue of slavery. In 1819, the Union was precariously balanced between free and slave states. Admitting Maine (a free state) would upset the balance.
President James Monroe signed the statehood bill on March 3, 1820. Maine officially became a state on March 15, 1820, with Portland as its first capital. (The capital moved to Augusta in 1832.) why did maine separate from massachusetts
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