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TERRITORY. 



Parliament in IMS. It was chartered by the crown in 



1663 and became a State :it (he K. \.iliiiioii. 

 Cbtutrclicut was settled and established us a govern- 



ment under commission tr.un the (icncral Court of 

 Massachusetts in 1G36 ami as-erted its indc|-ndeiice 

 in 1638. It was recognized as an indf|teiidriii colony 

 by royal charter in 1662 and became u Stale at ilie 

 Revolution. 



Maine was constituted of territory of tin- 1'lyinoiitli 

 colony. In 163'J the Province f Maine WM granted 

 by the crown to Sir I-Vrdinando (iorgcs. as lands UIHK-- 

 cupicd iiiiili-r tin- New Kill-land grant, and in h.tH w.is 

 grant-d to tin' Duke of York, tngrihcr with land now 

 occupied by thf Stall- ut New Voik, which grant was 

 confirmed in \f<~4. In the charter to UaaMdlUWtti 

 Bay in 1691 Maine was confirmed to that colony, ami 

 in 1819 was made independent by nn act of tin 

 latiin' of Massachusetts confirmed by jiopular vote. 

 In Is'iltan .i<-t of Massachusetts, eonlinnatory of her 

 previous cession, consented to the admission of .Maine 

 as a State, and she was admitted in that your. The 

 boundary of Maine where touching ii|>on the British 

 posBessi"iis was in dispute for many years, and was 

 finally adjusted in the treaty with Great Britain of 

 184J. 



Vermont. The territory and jurisdiction of this 

 colony were disputed between Vermont, claiming to IK; 

 independent, and Massachusetts and New Ilaiupshire, 

 claiming in right of the 1'lymouth title, and New York 

 in rieht of the Duke of York. These claims were 

 finally relinquished, and Vermont was admitted as a 

 State in 1791. 



New York, which was originally settled in part and 

 claimed by the Dutch, was, under a jiun-lia.se made by 

 the Duke of York from the Karl of Stirling, claimed 

 by the Duke, who, in lof',4, took forcible possession of 

 New Amsterdam, and his title was finally confirmed 

 by the second grant to him in l<>74. New York was 

 one of the original colonies and became a State at the 

 Revolution. 



New Jrrsni was originally settled by the Butch, but 

 was claimed by the Duke of York under his grant of 



1664 and sold to Lord Berkeley and Sir George Car 

 teret, the title of the duke being confirmed by the 

 grant to him of 1674. New Jersey was an original 

 colony and became a iState nt the Revolution. 



I'ennrj/h-nnln. The territory of Pennsylvania, orig- 

 inally disputed between the Swedes, Dutch, and Eng- 

 lish, was finally granted to William Penn as unoccu- 

 pied land in 1681, though the Swedes had already 

 made settlements. Penn purchased of tin- I>uke of 

 York the territory of Delaware. Pennsylvania be- 

 came a State at the Revolution. 



Delaware was part of the territory of Pennsylvania 

 purchased of the Duke of York, but was by charter 

 from Penn allowed an independent government. Del- 

 aware was recognized as a colony and became a State 

 at the Revolution. 



I (V'/i'wiVi. The territory of Virginia, derived under 

 charter to the firt colony of Virginia, was reduced by 

 her constitution in 177ft by the cession to Maryland, 

 Pennsylvania, and North and South Carolina of their 

 right of property and jurisdiction. Virginia liecame 

 a State at the Revolution, claiming territory to the 

 Mississippi, north of tint relinquished to North Caro- 

 lina and extending north indefinitely. 



Mcarghnd.'Kt territory of Maryland, although 

 embraced in the grant to the first colony of Virginia, 

 was, in lO.'!'-', granted to Lord Baltimore, and in 177C. 

 relinquished by Virginia. Maryland was recognized 

 as an independent colony and became a State at the 

 Revolution. 



H'nrf Virginia was formed of western counties of 

 Virginia that did not follow that State in seceding from 

 the Union, and was admitted as a State December 31 . 

 I8M 



Kentucky, originally part of Virginia, was claimed 

 of the settlers to be independent, though such claim 



'was denied by Virginia. The constitution of Vir- 

 ginia of I77(i asserted jurisdiction over that territory, 

 IMII such jurisdiction was not actually exercised. Vir- 

 ginia axM-nted to a separate government lor Kentucky 

 in DcccmU-r. 1 7 Ml. and by act of Congress in May. !7'.tcl, 

 a temporary covcrnme;:! was provided (or Mich terri- 

 tory, designated as "south of the Ohio," and in 17'JO 

 Kentucky W;LS admitted as a State. 



O/iin was formed from (lit; territory north-west of 

 the Ohio (hat was reded by an act id' Virginia, passed 

 in I7s:i. U-iiig part of the territory derived under the 

 Virginia charters and granted by deed in 17S4. At 

 . on behalf of Fnoi> r. and afterwards of (Ireat 

 Britain, a claim was made to this territory as part of 

 the Province of (jm-U-e, hut this claim wa; extin- 

 guished by the treaty of peace with (ireat Britain in 

 17s.".. 'I he Northwest Territory, as ceded by Vir- 

 ginia, was organized by Congress in 1787. As this 

 action tended to extinguish claims reserved to Vir- 

 ginia by the deed of Cession, the ratification of that 

 State was obtained in I7>S. In 1 SIKM 'ongress divided 

 the North west Territory into two parts, the easterly 

 part embracing the territory of Ohio and part of that 

 id' Michigan, and erected the Western part into Indiana 

 Territory. In ISOli Ohio was admitted as a State with 

 iMiundarits that excluded the territory embraced in 

 Mil-divan. 



IiK/i'iini was formed fioui Indiana Territory, which 

 was divided in ISO'.I, and the westerly pan set apart 

 and organized as Illinois Territory. Indiana was ad- 

 mitted as a Stite in liXlft with boundaries excluding, the 

 territory embraced in Michigan. 



lilinnix was formed from Illinois Territory, which 

 had been set apart from Indiana Territory by act of 

 1809, from which it received separate territorial or- 

 ganization and was admitted as a State in IsIS, with 

 boundaries that excluded the territory embraced in 

 Wisconsin and that west of the Mississippi. 



Mirhirfan, established as a Territory in 1805, em- 

 braced territory excluded by the northern boundaries 

 of Ohio and Indiana, and in 1818 was extended to the 

 Mississippi, and in 1S;!4 to the Missouri River. 

 Michigar had been clniuied us part of the Province 

 of Quebec. (See above nnder Ohin.) Michigan was 

 admitted as a State in 1837 upon assenting to condi- 

 tions fixed by Congress in 183R, excluding from its 

 boundaries the territory west of the east line of Wis- 

 consin. 



Wi'frnnsin. In 1836, when Congress excluded from 

 Michigan the territory west of Lake Michigan and a 

 li:ie connecting that lake with Lake Superior, it erected 

 such excluded territory into the Territory of Wiscon- 

 sin, extending to the Missouri and White Karth 

 Rivers. In I83S that part of the Wisconsin Territory 

 west of the Mississippi was set apart and organized as 

 the Territory of Iowa, Wisconsin was admitted as a 

 State in 1846. 



Miniirxota. The Territory of Minnesota was partly 

 derived from the Virginia cession of the North-west 

 Territory and partly under the Louisiana pun-hase. It 

 was embraced in the Territory of Iowa, established in 

 1 83H upon the division of Wisconsin Territory. It was 

 organized as the Territory of Minnesota in 1849, ex- 

 cluding from its boundaries the Territory of Iowa and 

 that ol Dakota ami admitted as a State in 1857. 



\nrth Ciinilliin. In ir>f,3 a charter of the Prov- 

 ince of Carolina was given, embracing part of the ter- 

 ritory conveyed to the tirst Virginia colony, with boun- 

 daries that were extended by charter of 1065 so as to 

 include from about latitude .".i> 30' to Florida, and 

 westerly to the South Sen. North Carolina, originally 

 under the government of the Lords Proprietors, be- 

 came independent as a colony and a Slate at the Rev- 

 olution. 



Smith Cnrnlina. origin illy embraced in the Province 

 of Carolina, received a separate government by the 

 appointment by the Lords Proprietors of William 

 Sayles as governor of that part of the Province of 



