louisiana
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Louisiana Territory
Louisiana
Establishment
December 1803: "Louisiana Purchase": acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France. In return for $15 million, or approximately eighteen dollars per square mile, the United States nominally acquired a total of 828,000 sq mi (2,140,000 km2; 530,000,000 acres). The purchase was completed on December, 20 1803.
Chronology
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Was a civil war in the United States of America between the central government (Unionists) and the secessionist Confederate States of America that occupied the southern States. The main cause of the war was the different economic system of the northern and southern states: the northern states were industrialized and had abolished slavery, whereas the southern states relied on slavery to run its plantation agriculture based economy. At the end of the war the Union occupied the southern states and slavery was abolished. .
1.1.Secession Phase
The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 caused a wave of southern states secessions in the United States. The secessionist states soon formed an independent country, the Confederate States of America.
January 1861: Within three months of Abraham Lincoln's election in November 1860, six Southern states withdrew from the Union.
February 1861: On February 4, 1861 six states, in which the plantation economy operated with slave labor was the most important economic factor, founded a federation of states independent of the USA, the Confederate States of America (CSA).
October 1804: The Orleans Territory was organized from the Louisiana Purchase south of 33° north, with the remainder being designated the District of Louisiana and placed under the jurisdiction of Indiana Territory.
July 1805: The Territory of Louisiana or Louisiana Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805, until June 4, 1812, when it was renamed the Missouri Territory.
November 1808: The lucrative fur trade stimulated the growth of St. Louis and attracted settlers there. The US and Osage signed their first treaty on November 10, 1808, by which the Osage made a major cession of land in present-day Missouri. Under the Osage Treaty, they ceded 52,480,000 acres (212,400 km2) to the federal government
March 1809: The Territory of Illinois was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 1, 1809.
June 1812: The Territory of Louisiana or Louisiana Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805, until June 4, 1812, when it was renamed the Missouri Territory.
Disestablishment
January 1861: Within three months of Abraham Lincoln's election in November 1860, six Southern states withdrew from the Union.
February 1861: On February 4, 1861 six states, in which the plantation economy operated with slave labor was the most important economic factor, founded a federation of states independent of the USA, the Confederate States of America (CSA).
Selected Sources
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.412
On this day, the Louisiana Purchase is completed. National Constitution Center. 20 December 2022. https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this-day-the-louisiana-purchase-is-completed#:~:text=Life%20in%20the%20newly%20formed,and%20doubling%20the%20country's%20size.
Secession Ordinances of 13 Confederate States (1861). Digital History. Retrieved on 25 September 2023 on http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3953
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