Minnesota Territory

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organized incorporated territory of the United States

Minnesota Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from 1849 to 1858 that encompassed present-day Minnesota and parts of the Dakotas before statehood.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
borderedBy	British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Iowa Territory (later State of Iowa) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Superior NERFINISHED ⓘ Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Saint Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	United States Congress ⓘ
createdByAct	Organic Act of 1849 NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency	US dollar ⓘ surface form: United States dollar
endTime	1858-05-11 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Dakota (Sioux) people NERFINISHED ⓘ European American settlers ⓘ Ojibwe (Chippewa) people NERFINISHED ⓘ
flagUsed	Flag of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	State of Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Unorganized territory (Dakota region) NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody	Government of the Minnesota Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	territorial government ⓘ
hasCapitalFunction	seat of territorial government at Saint Paul ⓘ
historyOfTopic	History of Minnesota ⓘ
jurisdictionOver	eastern part of future North Dakota ⓘ eastern part of future South Dakota ⓘ future State of Minnesota ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ
legalSystem	United States law ⓘ
legislature	Minnesota Territorial Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorRiver	Minnesota River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ Red River of the North NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Minnesota River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	American frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ United States territories NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Wisconsin Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	Minnesota statehood ⓘ
significantEventDate	1858-05-11 ⓘ
startTime	1849-03-03 ⓘ
territorialGovernor	Alexander Ramsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Medary NERFINISHED ⓘ Willis A. Gorman NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Northwest Territory → followedBy → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Missouri Territory → followedBy → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Harriet Scott → residence → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Dakota Territory → borderedBy → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Wisconsin Territory → followedBy → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Little Crow → residence → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Taoyateduta → historicalRegion → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Wabasha III → residence → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Mankato (Dakota leader) → historicalRegion → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Big Eagle → historicalRegion → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Minnesota Territorial Legislature → appliesToJurisdiction → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Minnesota Territorial Legislature → legislativeBodyFor → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Minnesota Territorial Legislature → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Minnesota Territorial Legislature → hasJurisdiction → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Henry Mower Rice → represented → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Henry Mower Rice → workLocation → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Treaty of Washington (various with Native nations) → applies to jurisdiction → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Nebraska Territory → borderedBy → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

Josiah Snelling → significantPlace → Minnesota Territory ⓘ

John W. North → activeIn → Minnesota Territory ⓘ