Indiana Territory
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Was an organized incorporated territory of the United States.
Establishment
July 1800: In 1800, the Northwest Territory was reduced to Ohio, eastern Michigan, and a small portion of southeastern Indiana with the creation of the Indiana Territory. This change was a result of the passage of the Northwest Ordinance and the leadership of Governor Arthur St. Clair.
Chronology
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1. Events
March 1803: The southern half of the Northwest Territory, along with a thin sliver of Indiana Territory, was admitted as the seventeenth state, Ohio.
March 1803: The Northwest Territory was a region in the United States that included present-day Ohio. In 1803, Ohio became a state and the remaining portion of the Northwest Territory was added to the Indiana Territory. This change marked the end of the Northwest Territory as a distinct political entity.
August 1803: U.S. treaty concluded at Vincennes (Indiana) with the Kaskaskia.
August 1804: U.S. treaty concluded at Vincennes (Indiana) with the Delaware.
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.
November 1804: U.S. treaty concluded at St. Louis (Louisiana) with the Sauk and Fox.
June 1805: The Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan. Detroit was the territorial capital.
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.
August 1805: The Treaty of Grouseland was an agreement negotiated by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory on behalf of the government of the United States of America with Native American leaders
December 1805: U.S. treaty concluded at Vincennes (Indiana) with the Piankishaw.
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.
September 1809: The Treaty of Fort Wayne is an 1809 treaty that obtained 29,719,530 acres Native American land for the settlers of Illinois and Indiana. The negotiations primarily involved the Delaware tribe but included other tribes as well.
December 1809: U.S. treaty concluded with the Kickapoo.
December 1816: The Indiana Territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Indiana.
December 1816: In 1816, the remnant part of the Indiana Territory became the Unorganized Territory. This was a result of the passage of the Enabling Act of 1816, which allowed Indiana to become a state and left the remaining land as unorganized territory. This territory eventually became part of future states such as Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
Disestablishment
December 1816: The Indiana Territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Indiana.
December 1816: In 1816, the remnant part of the Indiana Territory became the Unorganized Territory. This was a result of the passage of the Enabling Act of 1816, which allowed Indiana to become a state and left the remaining land as unorganized territory. This territory eventually became part of future states such as Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
Selected Sources
Order of States’ Admission. Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved on 3 April 2024 on https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/education/arkansas-history/history-of-the-flag/order-of-states-admission
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 664
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 666
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 672
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 678
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