Territorial evolution of Colorado

The following chronology traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Colorado.

1 Timeline
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

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
Historical territorial claims of Spain in the present State of Colorado:
- Luisiana, 1764-1803
  - Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800
Historical territorial claims of France in the present State of Colorado:
- Louisiane, 1803
  - Vente de la Louisiane of 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
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
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
  - Compromise of 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]

References

^ Thirty-sixth United States Congress (February 28, 1861). "An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Colorado" (cgi-bin). http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=012/llsl012.db&recNum=203. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
^ 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). http://www.i2i.org/Publications/ColoradoConstitution/cnenable.htm. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
^ Ulysses S. Grant (August 1, 1876). "By the President of the United States of America, A Proclamation Admitting the State of Colorado to the Union" (HTML). http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=70540. Retrieved June 4, 2009.

External links

State of Colorado website
- Colorado Historical Society

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Territorial evolution of Colorado

Contents

Timeline

See also

References

External links