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  2. Territories of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The term unorganized was historically applied either to a newly acquired region not yet constituted as an organized incorporated territory (e.g. the Louisiana Purchase prior to the establishment of Orleans Territory and the District of Louisiana), or to a region previously part of an organized incorporated territory left "unorganized" after ...

  3. U.S. territorial sovereignty - Wikipedia

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    A territory has been historically divided into organized territories and unorganized territories. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] An unorganized territory was generally either unpopulated or set aside for Native Americans and other indigenous peoples in the United States by the U.S. federal government, until such time as the growing and restless population ...

  4. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Dakota Territory was organized from Nebraska Territory and the unorganized territory north of it. [al] Nebraska Territory's western border was moved to 33° west from Washington, gaining small portions of Utah Territory and Washington Territory. [215] [238] [239] Nevada Territory was organized from Utah Territory west of 39° west from ...

  5. Disorganized offender - Wikipedia

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    Seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In criminology, a disorganized offender is a type of serial killer classified by unorganized and spontaneous acts of violence. The distinction between "organized" and "disorganized" offenders was drawn by the American criminologist John Douglas and Roy Hazelwood. [1]

  6. Unorganized territory - Wikipedia

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    Unorganized territory may refer to: An unincorporated area in any number of countries; One of the current or former territories of the United States that has not had a government "organized" with an "organic act" by the U.S. Congress; Unorganized area, any geographic region in Canada that does not form part of a municipality or Indian reserve

  7. Historical regions of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts Bay Colony French settlements and forts in the so-called Illinois Country, 1763, which encompassed parts of the modern day states of Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky) A 1775 map of the German Coast, a historical region of present-day Louisiana located above New Orleans on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River Vandalia was the name of a proposed British colony ...

  8. List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. state of Alaska is divided into 19 organized boroughs and 11 census areas in the unorganized borough.Alaska, and the states of Connecticut and Louisiana are the only states that do not call their first-order administrative subdivisions counties (Connecticut uses councils of government and Louisiana uses parishes instead). [1]

  9. Militia (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Organized militia – consisting of the National Guard and Naval Militia. [9] [10] [non-primary source needed] Unorganized militia – comprising the reserve militia: every able-bodied man of at least 17 and under 45 years of age, who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia. [11] [non-primary source needed] [needs context]