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Louisiana Territory

Louisiana Territory was a historic organized territory of the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
consisting of the portion of the Louisiana Purchase

Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America of of the French territory Louisiana in 1803. The U.S. paid 60 million French franc plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs , a total cost of $15,000,000 for the Louisiana territory....
that was not partitioned off into Territory of Orleans, which later became the state of Louisiana

Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
. The Louisiana Territory existed from July 4, 1805 until December 11, 1812.

The Eighth Congress of the United States on March 26, 1804, passed legislation entitled "An act erecting Louisiana into two territories, and providing for the temporary government thereof", which established Territory of Orleans and the civil District of Louisiana

District of Louisiana

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Louisiana Territory was a historic organized territory of the United States

United States

Louisiana Purchase

Louisiana

District of Louisiana

The District of Louisiana or Louisiana District was an official United States government designation for the portion of the Louisiana Purchase that had not been organized into the Territory of Orleans....
. This act, effective October 1, 1804, extended the authority of the Governor and Judges of Indiana Territory

Indiana Territory

Indiana Territory was an organized territory of the United States from 1800 to 1816, created by United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams on May 7, 1800, effective on July 4....
in order to provide temporary jurisdiction over the District of Louisiana.

On March 3, 1805, Congress enacted legislation organizing the District of Louisiana into the Louisiana Territory, effective July 4, 1805. This territorial government was organized similarly to that of the Indiana Territory.

The Louisiana Territory included everything in the Louisiana Purchase north of the 33rd parallel

33rd parallel north

The 33rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 33 degree true north of the Earth equator.Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 33? north passes through:...
(the southern boundary of the present state of Arkansas

Arkansas

Arkansas is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States of the United States. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River....
). The southern and western boundaries with Spanish Texas

Spanish Texas

Spanish Texas was one of the interior provinces of New Spain from 1690 until 1821. Although Spain nominally claimed ownership of the territory, which comprised part of modern-day Texas, including the land north of the Medina River and Nueces Rivers, the Spanish did not attempt to colonize the area until after discovering evidence of the fail...
and New Mexico

Santa Fe de Nuevo México

Santa Fe de Nuevo M?xico was a province of New Spain that existed from the late 16th century up through the early 19th century. It was centered on the upper valley of the Rio Grande, in an area that included most of the present-day U.S....
were not fully defined until the Adams-Onís Treaty

Adams-Onís Treaty

The Adams-On?s Treaty of 1819, also known as the Transcontinental Treaty of 1819, settled a border dispute in North America between the United States and Spain....
of 1819. The seat of government was St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
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Both Meriwether Lewis

Meriwether Lewis

Meriwether Lewis was an United States explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark , whose mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase....
(1807-1809) and William Clark (1813-1820) served as territorial governors of the Louisiana Territory.

The Louisiana Territory had five subdivisions St. Louis District, St. Charles District, Ste. Genevieve District, Cape Girardeau District and New Madrid District. In 1806, the territorial legislature created the District of Arkansas from lands ceded by the Osage Nation

Osage Nation

The Osage Nation is a Native Americans in the United States, which is mainly based in Osage County, Oklahoma, but can be found throughout America....
. The remainder was known as the Upper Louisiana Territory.

On October 1, 1812, Governor Clark organized the five administrative districts of Upper Louisiana Territory into counties, which later became the first five counties of Missouri Territory

Missouri Territory

The Missouri Territory was a historic, organized territory in the United States. It was originally known as the Louisiana Territory and was renamed on June 4, 1812 to avoid confusion with the U.S....
. In 1818, Franklin and Jefferson counties were formed out of the original St. Louis County, leaving St. Louis County with the land that today comprises St. Louis County and St. Louis.

On June 4, 1812, the Twelfth U.S. Congress

12th United States Congress

The Twelfth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
enacted legislation that renamed the Louisiana Territory as the territory of Missouri

Missouri Territory

Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
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Louisiana Territory

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