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Illinois Territory
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Image:Illinoisterritory.PNG thumb|map of Illinois Territory 1809-1818
'''Illinois Territory''' was a historic,
organized territory of the
United States established on
March 1,
1809. Part of the area was accepted into the Union as the State of
Illinois on
December 3,
1818.
The Illinois Territory was separated from the western part of the
Indiana Territory by an act of Congress. It included areas that became the states of Illinois,
Wisconsin and parts of
Minnesota. After Illinois became a state, the remaining area of the territory was attached to the
Michigan Territory.
The Tenth U.S. Congress passed legislation establishing the territory on
February 3,
1809[http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/ihb/resources/docdivin.html]. The Act established the boundaries as follows:
"...all that part of the Indiana Territory which lies west of the Wabash river, and a direct line drawn from the said Wabash river and Post Vincennes, due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada..."
Kaskaskia, Illinois Kaskaskia was the territorial capital.
See also
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Historic regions of the United States
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Illinois Country
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Illinois-Wabash Company
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Military Tract of 1812
External links
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Act dividing Indiana Territory, 1809
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Animated Map: Boundaries of the United States and the Several States
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Category:Historical regions and territories of the United States
Category:History of Illinois
Category:1809 establishments
