Biology:Outline of Oregon territorial evolution

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Short description: Overview of and topical guide to Oregon territorial evolution
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thumb|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.

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
  • Historical 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

  • Historical outline of Oregon
  • History of Oregon
  • Territorial evolution of the United States
California Territorial evolution of California
Idaho Territorial evolution of Idaho
Nevada Territorial evolution of Nevada
Washington (state) Territorial evolution of Washington

References

  1. ↑ 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. 
  2. ↑ 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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