Territory of Orleans

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The Territory of Orleans was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from 1804 to 1812 that encompassed most of present-day Louisiana and served as a transitional government between the Louisiana Purchase and statehood.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
admissionToUnionDate 1812-04-30 ⓘ
admittedAsState Louisiana ⓘ
borderedBy Spanish Texas ⓘ
Spanish West Florida ⓘ
linked to: West Florida

Territory of Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana Territory

Territory of Mississippi ⓘ
capital New Orleans ⓘ
commonLanguages French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
contains most of present-day Louisiana ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currency United States dollar ⓘ
linked to: US dollar
demographicsFeature enslaved African population ⓘ
large French-speaking population ⓘ
significant population of free people of color ⓘ
endDate 1812-04-30 ⓘ
establishedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishedByAct Act of Congress of March 26, 1804 ⓘ
excludes area of present-day Louisiana west of the Sabine River ⓘ
executiveHead Governor of the Territory of Orleans ⓘ
firstGovernor William C. C. Claiborne ⓘ
flagUsed Flag of the United States ⓘ
linked to: United States flag
governmentForm territorial government ⓘ
hasLegalPrecedentFor civil law tradition in Louisiana ⓘ
historicalEra Antebellum period ⓘ
Early national period of the United States ⓘ
includedCity New Orleans ⓘ
includedRegion Lower Mississippi River Valley ⓘ
legalSystem combination of civil law and common law traditions ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Representatives of the Territory of Orleans ⓘ
Legislative Council of the Territory of Orleans ⓘ
locatedIn Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
North America ⓘ
namedAfter Orléans ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf American frontier ⓘ
linked to: Old West

United States territorial expansion ⓘ
predecessor Louisiana (New France) ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana Territory

Louisiana (New Spain) ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Louisiana

Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
purpose transitional government between the Louisiana Purchase and statehood ⓘ
religion predominantly Roman Catholic ⓘ
shortName Orleans Territory ⓘ
sovereign United States of America ⓘ
startDate 1804-10-01 ⓘ
status organized incorporated territory ⓘ
successor State of Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana

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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Florida → successor → Territory of Orleans ⓘ
Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) → concerns → Louisiana colony ⓘ
linked to: Territory of Orleans
Government of Louisiana → predecessor → Government of the Territory of Orleans ⓘ
linked to: Territory of Orleans
Orleans Parish → originallyPartOf → Orleans Territory ⓘ
linked to: Territory of Orleans
Spanish Louisiana → followedBy → Orleans Territory ⓘ
linked to: Territory of Orleans
Digest of 1808 → placeOfEnactment → Territory of Orleans ⓘ
Territory of Orleans → shortName → Orleans Territory ⓘ
linked to: Territory of Orleans
Louisiana Territory → dividedInto → Territory of Orleans ⓘ
Iberville Parish, Louisiana → establishedBy → Territory of Orleans ⓘ
District of Louisiana → sharesBorderWith → Orleans Territory ⓘ
linked to: Territory of Orleans
1840 United States census → includesTerritory → Territory of Orleans ⓘ
Territorial legislature of Orleans Territory → appliesToJurisdiction → Orleans Territory ⓘ
linked to: Territory of Orleans
Territorial legislature of Orleans Territory → partOf → Government of Orleans Territory ⓘ
linked to: Territory of Orleans
Territorial legislature of Orleans Territory → legislativeBranchOf → Orleans Territory ⓘ
linked to: Territory of Orleans
Territorial legislature of Orleans Territory → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Orleans Territory ⓘ
linked to: Territory of Orleans
Territorial legislature of Orleans Territory → legislativeBodyFor → Orleans Territory ⓘ
linked to: Territory of Orleans
Territorial legislature of Orleans Territory → governed → Orleans Territory prior to admission as the state of Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Territory of Orleans
Etienne de Boré → politicalEntityServed → Territory of Orleans ⓘ