The following chronology traces the territorial evolution of the

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State of Montana.

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*Historical territorial claims of the

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in the present State of Montana: **

Rupert's Land Rupert's Land (french: Terre de Rupert), or Prince Rupert's Land (french: Terre du Prince Rupert, link=no), was a territory in British North America which comprised the Hudson Bay drainage basin; this was further extended from Rupert's Land t ...

, 1670–1870 *** Anglo-American Convention of 1818 *Historical territorial claims of

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in the present State of Montana: ** Louisiane, 1682–1764 *** Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762 *Historical territorial claims of

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in the present State of Montana: ** Luisiana, 1764–1803 ***

Third Treaty of San Ildefonso The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso was a secret agreement signed on 1 October 1800 between the Spanish Empire and the French Republic by which Spain agreed in principle to exchange its North American colony of Louisiana for territories in Tuscany ...

of 1800 *Historical territorial claims of

in the present State of Montana: ** Louisiane, 1803 *** Vente de la Louisiane of 1803 *Historical international territory in the present State of Montana: ** Oregon Country, 1818–1846 ***

Provisional Government of Oregon The Provisional Government of Oregon was a popularly elected settler government created in the Oregon Country, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Its formation had been advanced at the Champoeg Meetings since February 17, 1841, ...

(extralegal), 1843–1849 *** Oregon Treaty of 1846 *Historical

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in the present State of Montana: ** Unorganized territory created by the

Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase (french: Vente de la Louisiane, translation=Sale of Louisiana) was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars, or app ...

, 1803–1804 **

District of Louisiana The District of Louisiana, or Louisiana District, was an official and temporary United States government designation for the portion of the Louisiana Purchase that had not been organized into the Territory of Orleans or "Orleans Territory" (the p ...

, 1804–1805 **

Territory of Louisiana The Territory of Louisiana or Louisiana Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805, until June 4, 1812, when it was renamed the Missouri Territory. The territory was formed out of the ...

, 1805–1812 **

Territory of Missouri The Territory of Missouri was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812, until August 10, 1821. In 1819, the Territory of Arkansas was created from a portion of its southern area. In 1821, a southea ...

, 1812–1821 ** Unorganized territory previously the northwestern portion of the Missouri Territory, 1821–1854 ** Unorganized territory created by the Oregon Treaty, 1846–1848 ** Territory of Oregon, 1848–1859 **

Territory of Nebraska The Territory of Nebraska was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until March 1, 1867, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Nebraska. The Nebraska ...

, 1854–1867 **

Territory of Washington The Territory of Washington was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1853, until November 11, 1889, when the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Washington. It was created from the ...

, 1853–1889 ** Territory of Dakota, 1861–1889 ** Territory of Idaho, 1863–1890 **

Territory of Montana The Territory of Montana was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 26, 1864, until November 8, 1889, when it was admitted as the 41st state in the Union as the state of Montana. Original boundaries T ...

, 1864-1889 ** State of Montana since November 8, 1889

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External links

State of Montana website

Montana Historical SocietyMontana History
{{DEFAULTSORT:Territorial Evolution Of Montana Pre-statehood history of Montana

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...

History of the Northwestern United States History of the American West

Geography of Montana

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