- Territorial evolution of Montana
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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 Louisiana Purchase in 1803
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 Montana Organic Act in 1864
An enlargeable map of the United States after Montana Statehood in 1889
An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since 1959The following timeline traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Montana.
Contents
Timeline
- Historical territorial claims of the United Kingdom in the present State of Montana:
- Rupert's Land, 1670–1870
- Anglo-American Convention of 1818
- Rupert's Land, 1670–1870
- Historical territorial claims of France in the present State of Montana:
- Louisiane, 1682–1764
- Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
- Louisiane, 1682–1764
- Historical territorial claims of Spain in the present State of Montana:
- Luisiana, 1764–1803
- Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800
- Luisiana, 1764–1803
- Historical territorial claims of France in the present State of Montana:
- Louisiane, 1803
- Vente de la Louisiane of 1803
- Louisiane, 1803
- Historical international territory in the present State of Montana:
- Oregon Country, 1818–1846
- 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 Montana:
- Unorganized territory created by the Louisiana Purchase, 1803–1804
- District of Louisiana, 1804–1805
- Territory of Louisiana, 1805–1812
- Territory of Missouri, 1812–1821
- Unorganized territory previously the northwestern portion of the Missouri Territory, 1821–1854
- Unorganized territory created by the Oregon Treaty, 1846–1848
- Territory of Oregon, 1848–1859
- Territory of Nebraska, 1854–1867
- Territory of Washington, 1853–1889
- Territory of Dakota, 1861–1889
- Territory of Idaho, 1863–1890
- Territory of Montana, 1864-1889[1]
- State of Montana since November 8, 1889[2]
See also
Territorial evolution of Idaho
Territorial evolution of North Dakota
Territorial evolution of South Dakota
Territorial evolution of Wyoming
References
- ^ Thirty-eighth United States Congress (May 26, 1864). "An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Montana" (cgi-bin). http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=013/llsl013.db&recNum=114. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
- ^ Benjamin Harrison (November 8, 1889). "By the President of the United States of America, A Proclamation Admitting the State of Montana to the Union". http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=71241. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
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