- Outline of Oregon territorial evolution
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An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Paris in 1789
The following outline traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. state of Oregon.
Contents
Outline
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Anglo-American Convention of 1818
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Adams-Onís Treaty took effect in 1821
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Oregon Treaty of 1846
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Oregon Organic Act in 1848
An enlargeable map of the United States after Oregon Statehood in 1859
An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since 1959- Historical territorial claims of Spain in the present state of Oregon:
- Nueva California, 1768–1804
- Gran Cuenca, 1776–1821
- Alta California, 1804–1821
- Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819
- Historical international territory in the present state of Oregon:
- Oregon Country, 1818–1846
- Anglo-American Convention of 1818
- Provisional Government of Oregon (extralegal), 1843–1849
- Oregon Treaty of 1846
- Oregon Country, 1818–1846
- Historial political divisions of the United States in the present state of Oregon:
- Unorganized territory created by the Oregon Treaty, 1846–1848
- Territory of Oregon, 1848–1859
- Oregon Organic Act, August 14, 1848[1]
- Northern portion of Oregon Territory incorporated in new Washington Territory, March 2, 1853
- State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850
- State of Oregon since 1859
- Oregon Statehood Act, February 14, 1859[2] (Eastern portion of territory transferred to Territory of Washington)
See also
Territorial evolution of California
Territorial evolution of Idaho
Territorial evolution of Nevada
Territorial evolution of Washington
References
- ^ Thirtieth United States Congress (August 14, 1848). "An Act to establish the Territorial Government of Oregon" (cgi-bin). http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=009/llsl009.db&recNum=350. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
- ^ Thirty-fifth United States Congress (February 14, 1859). "An Act for the Admission of Oregon into the Union" (cgi-bin). http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=011/llsl011.db&recNum=404. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
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Categories:- Pre-state history of Oregon
- 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 West Coast of the United States
- Historical territorial claims of Spain in the present state of Oregon:
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