- Outline of Washington territorial evolution
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An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Paris in 1789
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Anglo-American Convention of 1818
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Oregon Treaty of 1846
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Washington Organic Act in 1853
An enlargeable map of the United States after Washington Statehood in 1889
An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since 1959The following outline traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Washington.
Contents
Outline
- Historical international territory in the present State of Washington:
- Oregon Country, 1818-1846
- Anglo-American Convention of 1818
- Provisional Government of Oregon (extralegal), 1843-1849
- Oregon Treaty of 1846
- Oregon Country, 1818-1846
- Historical political divisions of the United States in the present State of Washington:
- Unorganized territory created by the Oregon Treaty, 1846-1848
- Territory of Oregon, 1848-1859
- Territory of Washington, 1853-1889[1]
- State of Washington since 1889[2]
See also
- Historical outline of Washington
- History of Washington
- Territorial evolution of the United States
Territorial evolution of Idaho
Territorial evolution of Oregon
References
- ^ Thirty-second United States Congress (March 2, 1853). "An Act to establish the Territorial Government of Washington" (cgi-bin). http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=010/llsl010.db&recNum=193. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
- ^ Benjamin Harrison (November 11, 1889). "By the President of the United States of America, A Proclamation Admitting the State of Washington to the Union" (HTML). http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=71241. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
External links
Categories:- History of Washington (state)
- Former regions and territories of the United States
- Outlines of territorial evolution of U.S. states
- Histories of territories of the United States
- History of the Northwestern United States
- History of the West Coast of the United States
- Historical international territory in the present State of Washington:
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