The longer, somewhat more precise answer is... 1  Between 2 and 5 days, depending on a number of factors. 2  This also requires us to define fully recover.. For the purposes of this questions, let's keep the definition simple and focused on things we can easily observe:
It has the date when each U.S. state joined the Union. Virginia's peoples convention in May-June 1776 prepared the first Constitution for a State Government, plus a Declaration of Rights. Other Colonies became States in late 1776 and into 1777, and used Virginia's Declaration of Rights as a pattern for their own Declaration.
Washington State became part of the USA without dispute in 1846 (before that, Britain and the USA with some Spanish arguments disputed the area), 56 years after the founding of Washington DC and became a state in 1889, 99 years after the founding of Washington DC.