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An enlargeable map of the United States after the Constitution of the United States was ratified on March 4, 1789.
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An enlargeable map of the United States after the secret Third Treaty of San Ildefonso transferred the Spanish colony of la Luisiana to the French Republic on October 1, 1800.
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An enlargeable map of the United States after the Louisiana Purchase took effect on December 20,1803.
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An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the District of Louisiana on March 26, 1804.
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An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Louisiana on March 3, 1805.
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An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Missouri on June 4, 1812.
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An enlargeable map of the United States after the Adams–Onís Treaty took effect on February 22, 1821.
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Territorial claims of the Republic of Texas, May 2, 1836.
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An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848.
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An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the proposed State of Deseret on July 2, 1849.
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An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of New Mexico and the Territory of Utah on September 9, 1850.
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An enlargeable map of the United States after Gadsden Purchase on December 30, 1853.
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An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Kansas and the Territory of Nebraska on May 30, 1854.
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An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the proposed Territory of Jefferson on October 24, 1859.
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An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Colorado on February 28, 1861.
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The following chronology traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Colorado.
Timeline
- Historical territorial claims of Spain in the present State of Colorado:
- Nueva Vizcaya, 1562–1821
- Santa Fé de Nuevo Méjico, 1598–1821
- Treaty of Córdoba of 1821
- Historical territorial claims of France in the present State of Colorado:
- Louisiane, 1682–1764
- Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
- Louisiane, 1682–1764
- Historical territorial claims of Spain in the present State of Colorado:
- Luisiana, 1764–1803
- Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800
- Luisiana, 1764–1803
- Historical territorial claims of France in the present State of Colorado:
- Louisiane, 1803
- Vente de la Louisiane of 1803
- Louisiane, 1803
- Historical territorial claims of Mexico in the present State of Colorado:
- Santa Fé de Nuevo México, 1821–1848
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848
- Santa Fé de Nuevo México, 1821–1848
- Historical territorial claims of the Republic of Texas in the present State of Colorado:
- Disputed territory between the Arkansas River and the Rio Grande, 1836–1845
- Texas Annexation of 1845
- Disputed territory between the Arkansas River and the Rio Grande, 1836–1845
- Historical political divisions of the United States in the present State of Colorado:
- Unorganized territory created by the Louisiana Purchase, 1803–1804
- District of Louisiana, 1804–1805
- Territory of Louisiana, 1805–1812
- Territory of Missouri, 1812–1821
- Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819
- Unorganized territory previously the western portion of the Missouri Territory, 1821–1854
- Disputed territory created by the Texas Annexation, 1845–1850
- Unorganized territory created by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848–1850
- State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850
- Territory of New Mexico, 1850–1912
- Territory of Utah, 1850–1896
- Territory of Kansas, 1854–1861
- Territory of Nebraska, 1854–1867
- Territory of Jefferson (extralegal), 1859–1861
- Unorganized territory previously the western portion of the Kansas Territory, 1861
- Territory of Colorado, 1861–1876[1]
- State of Colorado since August 1, 1876[2][3]
See also
- History of Colorado
- Timeline of Colorado history
- Indigenous peoples of the North American Southwest
- Territorial evolution of the United States
Santa Fe de Nuevo México
La Louisiane- La Luisiana
Louisiana Purchase- District of Louisiana
Louisiana Territory- Missouri Territory
Mexican Empire
Republic of Texas- U.S. provisional government of New Mexico
- State of Deseret
Utah Territory
New Mexico Territory
Kansas Territory
Nebraska Territory- Jefferson Territory
Colorado Territory- State of Colorado
References
- ^ Thirty-sixth United States Congress (February 28, 1861). "An Act To provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Colorado" (PDF). Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ Forty-third United States Congress (March 3, 1875). "An act to enable the people of Colorado to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of the said State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States" (PDF). Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ Ulysses S. Grant (August 1, 1876). "Proclamation 230—Admission of Colorado into the Union". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
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