Historic regions of the United States

The following are land grants, cessions, purchases, defined districts (official or otherwise) or named settlements made within an area that was already part of the original 13 colonies or a state of the Union or U.S. territory, including major land acquisitions (of varying degrees of legality) from Native Americans that did not involve international treaties or state cessions. Arizona Territory (CSA) (Arizona, New Mexico) Carver's Tract (Wisconsin) Cherokee Strip (Kansas) Comancheria Cumberlan ...

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Historic regions of the United States, Historic regions of the United States - Colonies not among the original 13, Historic regions of the United States - Regions ceded annexed or purchased from states or foreign powers, Historic regions of the United States - Internal land grants cessions purchases districts claims or settlements, Historic regions of the United States - Iowa, Historic regions of the United States - New York, Historic regions of the United States - Ohio, Historic regions of the United States - Oklahoma, Historic regions of the United States - Pennsylvania, Historic regions of the United States - Former organized territories, Historic regions of the United States - Possessions and overseas territories subsequently retroceded, Historic regions of the United States - Independent nations turned states, Historic regions of the United States - Unrecognized or self-declared entities, Historic regions of the United States - American Civil War-related regions, Historic regions of the United States - Nicknames

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This is a list of United States territorial acquisitions, beginning with American independence. United States territorial acquisitions - Notes and caveats. There is a small section of central Colorado that lies between the Louisiana Purchase lands and the lands acquired in the Texas Annexation. It was either assumed by the U.S. without treaty, or, according to the National Atlas territorial acquisitions map from 2005, was granted to the U.S. under some provision of the 1819 treaty with Spain.< ...

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• United States territorial acquisitions - Notes and caveats
• United States territorial acquisitions - List of territorial acquisitions

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Formal U.S. colonization outside North America began during the administration of William McKinley, with the Spanish-American War of 1898 and the seizure of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam, and the unrelated annexation of Hawaii. See also. Historic regions of the United States United States territorial acquisitions Categories: History of United States expansionism | History of foreign relations of the United St ...

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The land which ultimately became the Colorado Territory had first come under the jurisdiction of the United States under the 1803 Louisiana Purchase and the 1848 Mexican Cession. The area of the territory had been explored by the Spanish in the 18th century, and by Americans such as Zebulon Pike, Stephen H. Long, and John C. Fremont in the first half of the 19th century. At the time, it was inhabited primarily by the Cheyenne and Arapaho on the Eastern Plains, and the Ute in the Rocky Mountains. In the early 18th century, the upper South Pla ...

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Colorado Territory, Colorado Territory - Description, Colorado Territory - History

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To prevent a complete breakdown in civil-military relations, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs placed the White Mountain Apaches under the jurisdiction of the San Carlos agent, John Clum, a member of the Dutch Reformed Church. When he arrived at San Carlos in August 1874, Clum was almost twenty-three years old and was convinced that the army did more harm than good on Indian reservations. He struck a lifelong friendship with Eskmininzin and persuaded many of the White Mountain people to move south to San Carlos. By visiting Apache camps wit ...

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Arizona Territory, Arizona Territory - The Civil War, Arizona Territory - Indian-American relations and settlement, Arizona Territory - The subjugation of the Navajos, Arizona Territory - The early mining frontier, Arizona Territory - Mexican labor, Arizona Territory - Expansion of the mining industry, Arizona Territory - Civilian militias and the Arizona Volunteers, Arizona Territory - The Hualapai War, Arizona Territory - The Camp Grant Massacre, Arizona Territory - General Crook's campaign against the Yavapais and Apaches, Arizona Territory - The early reservation system, Arizona Territory - The Chiricahua Reservation, Arizona Territory - Failure of relocation, Arizona Territory - The Chiricahuas' last stand, Arizona Territory - Eastern exile of the Chiricahuas, Arizona Territory - The decline of the Gila Pimas

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Initially, the principal white inhabitants were French traders and missionaries, both dealing with Native Americans, particularly the group known as the Kaskaskia. The French were not very successful in encouraging settlement in the area, despite the importation of women to induce permanent settlement. Some number of French convicts were relocated there and became settlers. There were also some German and Spanish immigrants to the regi ...

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Illinois Country, Illinois Country - location, Illinois Country - Exploration and settlement, Illinois Country - Other Settlements, Illinois Country - Post-colonial period, Illinois Country - Bibliography

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In 1910 Mexico and the United States agreed on rules of arbitration to settle the dispute, and tribunal was established to investigate and deliberate over whether the change in the river's course had been gradual, whether the boundaries set by treaties were fixed, and whether the 1884 treaty applied. Mexico claimed that the boundary had never changed and therefore that the Chamizal was technically Mexican territory, while the United States claimed that the 1884 convention applied, that the boundary was the result of gradu ...

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Chamizal dispute, Chamizal dispute - Origin: 1848–1895, Chamizal dispute - Disputes and Controversy: 1895–1963, Chamizal dispute - Resolution: 1963

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Jefferson laid the groundwork for the purchase by sending Livingston to Paris, in 1801, after discovering the transfer of Louisiana from Spain to France. Livingston was to pursue a purchase of New Orleans, but he was rebuffed by the French. In 1802, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours was enlisted to help negotiate. Du Pont was living in the U.S. at the time and had close ties to Jefferson, as well as to the political powers in France. He engaged in back channel diplomacy with Napoleon, on Jefferson's behalf, during a personal visit to F ...

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Louisiana Purchase, Louisiana Purchase - Background, Louisiana Purchase - Negotiation, Louisiana Purchase - Domestic opposition, Louisiana Purchase - Treaty signing, Louisiana Purchase - Conflict with Spain, Louisiana Purchase - Boundaries, Louisiana Purchase - Northern boundary, Louisiana Purchase - Eastern boundary, Louisiana Purchase - Western frontier, Louisiana Purchase - Southern boundary, Louisiana Purchase - Notes and references

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State cessions - New York. Date ceded: 1781 Claims, cessions and dispute resolutions: Ceded claims west of Lake Ontario, sold Erie Triangle to Pennsylvania, stopped squabbling over what would become Vermont. State cessions - Virginia. Date ceded: 1784 Claims and cessions: Ceded its territory north and west of the Ohio River (and east of the Mississippi), the land which was to be come the Northwest Territory. The land south and east of ...

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State cessions, State cessions - Landed states, State cessions - New York, State cessions - Virginia, State cessions - North Carolina, State cessions - Massachusetts, State cessions - Connecticut, State cessions - South Carolina, State cessions - Georgia, State cessions - Landless states

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Currently, the following are examples of U.S. territories: Guam and the United States Virgin Islands. ...

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Organized territory, Organized territory - Contemporary organized territories, Organized territory - External link

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During its early history, the area contained no permanent settlements. With the arrival of horses from Spain in the 16th century, nomadic Indian tribes were able to increase their use of the area for hunting, and for traveling from summer to winter quarters. The Cimarron Cut-Off for the Santa Fe Trail passed through the area soon after the trade route was established in 1826 between the Spanish in Santa Fe and the Americans in St. Louis. Travel along the route increased considerably af ...

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Neutral Strip Oklahoma, Neutral Strip Oklahoma - Origin, Neutral Strip Oklahoma - History

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Michigan Territory - Pre-history. After the arrival of Europeans, the area that became the Michigan Territory was first under French and then British control. Following the American Revolutionary War, several states had competing claims on land in the region. In 1779, Virginia established Illinois County with boundaries that encompassed all of the land east of the Mississippi River, north of the Ohio River and west of the Appalachian Mountains. However, the county government for all practical purposes never exerc ...

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Michigan Territory, Michigan Territory - History and government, Michigan Territory - Pre-history, Michigan Territory - Organization, Michigan Territory - Territorial acquisition, Michigan Territory - Territorial subdivisions, Michigan Territory - Territorial population, Michigan Territory - Territorial governors, Michigan Territory - Congressional delegates

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As originally envisioned, the purchase would have encompassed a much larger region, extending far enough south to include most of the current Mexican states of Coahuila, Chihuahua, and Sonora as well as all of the Baja California peninsula. These original boundaries were opposed not only by the Mexican people, but also by anti-slavery U.S. Senators who saw the purchase as tantamount to the acquisition of more slave territory. Even the small strip of land that was ultimately acquired was enough to anger the Mexican people, who saw Santa Anna' ...

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Gadsden Purchase, Gadsden Purchase - Overview, Gadsden Purchase - Purpose, Gadsden Purchase - Controversy, Gadsden Purchase - U.S. Statehood

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Kansas Territory was established by the politically significant Kansas-Nebraska Act. The Kansas-Nebraska Act became law on May 30, 1854 which established the Nebraska Territory and Kansas Territory. The act organizing Nebraska and Kansas contained thirty-seven sections. The original borders of the territory from were the Missouri border to the summit of the Rocky Mountain range; the southern boundary was the 37th parallel, the northern was the 40th parallel. Much of the eastern region of what is now the state of Colorado was part of Kansas Territory until the establishmen ...

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Kansas Territory, Kansas Territory - Kansas-Nebraska Act, Kansas Territory - The Missouri Emigrates, Kansas Territory - Eastern Emigration, Kansas Territory - First Territorial Appointments, Kansas Territory - Territory's First Election, Kansas Territory - Free-state Movement, Kansas Territory - The Big Springs Convention, Kansas Territory - Resources and references

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The terms "Indian country" and "Indian territory" are often used interchangeably, although Indian territory usually has the more specific meaning outlined above — that is, the region in the West where American Indians were compelled to relocate in the nineteenth century. Indian country is an expression generally used today to describe (collectively or individually) the many self-governing American Indian communities throughout the United States. This usage is reflected in many places, such as in the title of the Ame ...

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Indian Territory, Indian Territory - Indian country, Indian Territory - External link

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William C. C. Claiborne was appointed the first and only governor of the Orleans Territory. He later became the first governor of the state of Louisiana. There were two Territorial secretaries, James Brown (1804–1807) and Thomas Bolling Robertson (1807–1811). Daniel Clark became the first Territorial Delegate to the U.S. Congress, in December 1806. ...

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Orleans Territory, Orleans Territory - Leaders and representatives

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The primary political unit of the United States after the federal state is the state. Technically and legally, states are not "divisions" but units of the United States, because the United States and the several states that constitute it operate with a uniquely American system of parallel sovereignty. According to numerous decisions of the United States Supreme Court, the several states and the United States (that is, the federal state which is coextensive with the 50 several states and the District of Columbia) are sovereign jurisdictions. ...

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Political divisions of the United States, Political divisions of the United States - Political units and system of operation, Political divisions of the United States - Federal oversight of United States territory, Political divisions of the United States - Congress of the United States, Political divisions of the United States - United States Department of the Interior, Political divisions of the United States - States of the United States, Political divisions of the United States - Divisions of U.S. states, Political divisions of the United States - Jurisdictions not administered by the states, Political divisions of the United States - Federal district of the United States, Political divisions of the United States - Indian reservations, Political divisions of the United States - Territories of the United States, Political divisions of the United States - Freely-associated states, Political divisions of the United States - Electoral districts, Political divisions of the United States - Other districts

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Map of the United States (PDF) The geography of the United States varies across its immense area. Within the contential U.S., eight distinct physiographic divisions exist, though each is composed of several smaller physiographic subdivisions. These major divisions are the: Laurentian Highlands - part of the Canadian shield that extends into the northern United States Great Lakes area. Atlantic Plain - the coastal regions of the eastern and southern parts includes the continental shelf, the Atlantic Coast ...

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Geography of the United States, Geography of the United States - Area, Geography of the United States - Physical geography, Geography of the United States - Cultural regions, Geography of the United States - Climate, Geography of the United States - Natural resources, Geography of the United States - Environment, Geography of the United States - Public lands

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Jefferson had laid the groundwork for the purchase by sending Livingston to Paris in 1801 after discovering the transfer of Louisiana from Spain to France. Livingston was to pursue a purchase of New Orleans but was rebuffed. In 1802 Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours was enlisted to help negotiate. Du Pont was living in the U.S. at the time and had close ties to Jefferson, as well as to the political powers in France. He engaged in back channel diplomacy with Napoleon, on Jefferson's behalf, during a personal visit to France. He originated the idea of the much larger Louisiana Purchase as a way to defuse potential conflict ...

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Louisiana Purchase, Louisiana Purchase - Background, Louisiana Purchase - Negotiation, Louisiana Purchase - Domestic opposition, Louisiana Purchase - Treaty signing, Louisiana Purchase - Conflict with Spain, Louisiana Purchase - Boundaries, Louisiana Purchase - Northern boundary, Louisiana Purchase - Eastern boundary, Louisiana Purchase - Western frontier, Louisiana Purchase - Southern boundary, Louisiana Purchase - Notes and references

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On April 30, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase Treaty was signed by Robert Livingston, James Monroe, and Barbé Marbois at Paris. Jefferson announced the treaty to the American people on July 4. The United States Senate ratified the treaty on October 20; on the following day, it authorized President Jefferson to take possession of the territory and establish a temporary military government. In legislation enacted on October 31, Congress made temporary provisions for local civil government to continue as it had under French and Spanish rule ...

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Louisiana Purchase, Louisiana Purchase - Background, Louisiana Purchase - Negotiation, Louisiana Purchase - Domestic opposition, Louisiana Purchase - Treaty signing, Louisiana Purchase - Conflict with Spain, Louisiana Purchase - Boundaries, Louisiana Purchase - Northern boundary, Louisiana Purchase - Eastern boundary, Louisiana Purchase - Western frontier, Louisiana Purchase - Southern boundary, Louisiana Purchase - Notes and references

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