Illinois Territory

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organized incorporated territory of the United States

Illinois Territory was an early 19th-century organized incorporated territory of the United States that preceded the state of Illinois.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Illinois Territory canonical 10
Pays des Illinois 1
Prairie State 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Illinois Territory self-link ⓘ
borderedBy Indiana Territory ⓘ
Michigan Territory ⓘ
Missouri Territory ⓘ
Upper Louisiana ⓘ
surface form: Upper Louisiana (before 1812)
capital Kaskaskia, Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Kaskaskia

Vandalia, Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Vandalia
category Former territories of the United States ⓘ
Pre-statehood history of Illinois ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currency US dollar ⓘ
surface form: United States dollar
dateDisestablished 1818-12-03 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1809-03-01 ⓘ
establishedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishedByAct Act of Congress approved February 3, 1809 ⓘ
executiveHeadOfGovernment Territorial Governor of Illinois ⓘ
firstGovernor Ninian Edwards ⓘ
flagBearer United States flag ⓘ
surface form: Flag of the United States
followedBy Illinois ⓘ
surface form: State of Illinois
geographicRegion Midwestern United States ⓘ
governmentForm Territorial government ⓘ
hasTerritorialPredecessor Indiana Territory ⓘ
Northwest Territory ⓘ
hasTerritorialSuccessor Michigan Territory ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
surface form: State of Illinois

Wisconsin Territory ⓘ
historicalEra Early 19th century ⓘ
includedPresentDayTerritory Illinois ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
legislativeBody Illinois Territorial Legislature ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC−06:00 ⓘ
locatedOn Mississippi River ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ
Wabash River ⓘ
namedAfter Illinois River ⓘ
Illinois people ⓘ
partOf American frontier ⓘ
Old Northwest ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
precededBy Indiana Territory ⓘ
significantEvent Admission of Illinois as a U.S. state on 1818-12-03 ⓘ
sovereignState United States of America ⓘ
status organized incorporated territory ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Ninian Edwards → practicedLawIn → Illinois Territory ⓘ
Land of Lincoln → relatedTo → Illinois Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prairie State
Shadrach Bond → represented → Illinois Territory ⓘ
Northwest Territory → followedBy → Illinois Territory ⓘ
William McHenry → politicalTerritory → Illinois Territory ⓘ
Illinois Country → alsoKnownAs → Illinois Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pays des Illinois
Illinois Country → successorTerritory → Illinois Territory ⓘ
Indiana Territory → territorySplitOffToForm → Illinois Territory ⓘ
Indiana Territory → sharesBorderWith → Illinois Territory ⓘ
Illinois Territory → appliesToJurisdiction → Illinois Territory self-link ⓘ
Samuel Whiteside → region → Illinois Territory ⓘ
Pierre Menard → workLocation → Illinois Territory ⓘ