Territory of Orleans

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organized incorporated territory of the United States

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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Orleans Territory	3
Territory of Orleans canonical	3
Government of the Territory of Orleans	1
Louisiana colony	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
admissionToUnionDate	1812-04-30 ⓘ
admittedAsState	Louisiana ⓘ
borderedBy	Spanish Texas ⓘ West Florida ⓘ surface form: Spanish West Florida Louisiana Territory ⓘ surface form: Territory of Louisiana Mississippi Territory ⓘ surface form: Territory of Mississippi
capital	New Orleans ⓘ
commonLanguages	French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
contains	most of present-day Louisiana ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
currency	US dollar ⓘ surface form: United States 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	United States flag ⓘ surface form: Flag of the United States
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 basin ⓘ surface form: Lower Mississippi River Valley
legalSystem	combination of civil law and common law traditions ⓘ
legislativeBody	Territorial legislature of Orleans Territory ⓘ surface form: House of Representatives of the Territory of Orleans Territorial legislature of Orleans Territory ⓘ surface form: Legislative Council of the Territory of Orleans
locatedIn	Louisiana Purchase ⓘ North America ⓘ
namedAfter	Orléans ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Old West ⓘ surface form: American frontier United States territorial expansion ⓘ
predecessor	Louisiana Territory ⓘ surface form: Louisiana (New France) Spanish Louisiana ⓘ surface form: Louisiana (New Spain) Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
purpose	transitional government between the Louisiana Purchase and statehood ⓘ
religion	predominantly Roman Catholic ⓘ
shortName	Territory of Orleans self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Orleans Territory
sovereign	United States of America ⓘ
startDate	1804-10-01 ⓘ
status	organized incorporated territory ⓘ
successor	Louisiana ⓘ surface form: State of Louisiana

Referenced by (8)

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 → Territory of Orleans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Louisiana colony

Government of Louisiana → predecessor → Territory of Orleans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Government of the Territory of Orleans

Orleans Parish → originallyPartOf → Territory of Orleans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orleans Territory

Spanish Louisiana → followedBy → Territory of Orleans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orleans Territory

Digest of 1808 → placeOfEnactment → Territory of Orleans ⓘ

Territory of Orleans → shortName → Territory of Orleans self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orleans Territory

Louisiana Territory → dividedInto → Territory of Orleans ⓘ