Iowa Territory

The Iowa Territory was an organized territory of the United States, which consisted of 4 July 1838 to 28 December 1846. At that time, the southeastern part was separated and admitted to the Union under the name of Iowa as 29th state.

History

The majority of the territory of Iowa Territory, was originally part of the Missouri Territory, which had developed from the acquired through the Louisiana Purchase Louisiana Territory from France. The Louisiana Purchase was the largest land purchase in human history in which the United States acquired in 1803 by France 2,144,476 km ² of land.

When Missouri became a state in 1821, this area was (along with the current South and North Dakota ) to a so-called Unorganized Territory. The area was closed by whites for settlement to the 1830s. Only after the end of the Black Hawk War of 1832 changed this state. On June 28, 1834 areas were annexed to the Michigan Territory. When Michigan became a state in 1836, they were separated as part of the Wisconsin Territory.

The Iowa Territory, which was separated on 4 July 1838 corresponded to the Iowa District of the Western Wisconsin territory, west of the Mississippi River consisted of the territories. The original boundaries of the territory included what is now the State of Minnesota and parts of the two States South and North Dakota. The Iowa Territory almost covered an area of 500,000 km ².

Burlington was the territorial capital until the official appointment of Iowa City 1841. Robert Lucas, the former governor of the State of Ohio, first governor of the newly formed territory was.