Western Territory of the United States

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frontier territory historical region

The Western Territory of the United States was an early American frontier region encompassing lands west of the original states that were organized for settlement and eventual statehood after the Revolutionary War.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Northwest Indian frontier 1
Trans-Mississippi United States 1
United States (pre-statehood Indigenous territory) 1

Statements (21)

Predicate Object
instanceOf frontier territory ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
afterEvent American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
governedBy federal government of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature land frontier ⓘ
westward expansion ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext American frontier ⓘ
early United States territorial organization ⓘ
hasOutcome creation of new U.S. states ⓘ
hasPoliticalStatus organized territory ⓘ
hasProcess organization for settlement ⓘ
transition to statehood ⓘ
hasPurpose eventual statehood ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
locatedInTime post–American Revolutionary War period ⓘ
locatedWestOf original Thirteen States ⓘ
partOf United States territorial expansion NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo United States territorial evolution ⓘ
frontier settlement policies ⓘ
westward migration in the United States ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Gilbert Imlay → placeOfActivity → Western Territory of the United States ⓘ
Shawnee leader Waapakoneta (anglicized form) → countryOfCitizenship → Western Territory of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Waapakoneta
this entity surface form: United States (pre-statehood Indigenous territory)
Little Turtle → militaryTheater → Western Territory of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Indian frontier
Army of the Missouri → region → Western Territory of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trans-Mississippi United States