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  2. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Since its name was now shared with the state of Louisiana, Louisiana Territory was renamed Missouri Territory. [120] [121] August 4, 1812 The remaining claimed portion of West Florida, west of the Pearl River, was added to Louisiana, following the assent of that state to an act passed by Congress on April 14, 1812. [122] [123] August 16, 1812

  3. Territorial evolution of North America since 1763 - Wikipedia

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    Territorial evolution of North America of non- native nation states from 1750 to 2008. The 1763 Treaty of Paris ended the major war known by Americans as the French and Indian War and by Canadians as the Seven Years' War / Guerre de Sept Ans, or by French-Canadians, La Guerre de la Conquête. It was signed by Great Britain, France and Spain ...

  4. History of Missouri - Wikipedia

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    The history of Missouri begins with settlement of the region by indigenous people during the Paleo-Indian period beginning in about 12,000 BC. Subsequent periods of native life emerged until the 17th century. New France set up small settlements, and in 1803, Napoleonic France sold the area to the U.S. as part of the Louisiana Purchase.

  5. Map–territory relation - Wikipedia

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    The indicatrices demonstrate the difference between the 3D world as seen from space and 2D projections of its surface. The mapterritory relation is the relationship between an object and a representation of that object, as in the relation between a geographical territory and a map of it. Mistaking the map for the territory is a logical ...

  6. List of battles fought in Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Home Guard-333-500, Missouri State Guard-~2,000 men plus 3 cannon. 3 KIA, 20 WIA, 31 KIA & WIA. United States vs. Missouri (Confederate) Union victory. Wilson's Creek. August 10, 1861. Christian and Greene counties. American Civil War. Union-5,430, Missouri State Guard-12,120.

  7. Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Missouri (/ mɪˈzʊəri / ⓘ miz-OOR-ee) is a doubly landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. [ 6 ] Ranking 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska to the west. In the south are the Ozarks, a forested highland ...

  8. Missouri Territory - Wikipedia

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    The Territory of Missouri was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812, [1] until August 10, 1821. In 1819, the Territory of Arkansas was created from a portion of its southern area. In 1821, a southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Missouri, and the rest ...

  9. Honey War - Wikipedia

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    The Honey War was a bloodless territorial dispute in 1839 between Iowa Territory and Missouri over their border.. The dispute over a 9.5-mile-wide (15.3 km) strip running the entire length of the border, caused by unclear wording in the Missouri Constitution on boundaries, misunderstandings over the survey of the Louisiana Purchase, and a misreading of Native American treaties, was ultimately ...