Louisianaterritoriet
| Louisianaterritoriet | ||||
| Louisiana Territory (Engelska) | ||||
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| Bildades | 4 juli 1805 | |||
| – bildades genom | Louisianaköpet | |||
| Upphörde | 4 juni 1812 | |||
Louisianaterritoriet var den norra och större delen av franska Louisiana som USA förvärvade genom Louisianaköpet 1803.[1]
Louisianaterritoriet
Territoriet organiserades 1805, när det tidigare oorganiserade Louisianadistriktet fick ställning som unionsterritorium. Redan strax efter förvärvet hade det nyförvärvade landet delats i Orleansterritoriet omfattande större delen av den blivande delstaten Louisiana och det ovannämnda distriktet.
Missouriterritoriet
När Louisiana blev en delstat 1812 döptes återstoden av Louisianaterritoriet om till Missouriterritoriet för att undvika sammanblandning med den nya staten.
Källor
- Den här artikeln är helt eller delvis baserad på material från engelskspråkiga Wikipedia, Louisiana Territory, 25 maj 2010.
Fotnoter
- ^ ”Louisiana” (på engelska). World Statesmen. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_states_L-M.html#Louisiana. Läst 20 juli 2015.
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Författare/Upphovsman: Made by User:Golbez., Licens: CC BY 2.5
Map of the states and territories of the United States as it was from June 1812 to 1816. On June 4 1812, to minimize confusion, Louisiana Territory was renamed Missouri Territory. On December 11 1816, the southern portion of Indiana Territory was admitted as the state of Indiana; the rest became unorganized.
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Digital reproduction of the Star Spangled Banner Flag, the 15-star and 15-stripe U.S. garrison flag which flew over Fort McHenry following the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Seeing the flag during the battle, and again the following morning, inspired Francis Scott Key's song The Star-Spangled Banner, now the U.S. national anthem. During the battle a smaller "storm flag" was flown; it was replaced by this larger flag early the next morning, which is the flag Key saw then. This larger flag is now displayed at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. For several decades it remained in the family of Fort McHenry's commanding officer, before being given to the Smithsonian in 1912. The family cut pieces out of the flag from time to time as gifts.
The original flag was 42 feet long and 30 feet high, with each stripe being about two feet, and the stars being about two feet in diameter. It was made by Mary Young Pickersgill and her assistants. More info on the original dimensions here. The stars seem to mostly point to the side, except for one (the bottom right) which points down. One star has been cut out of the actual flag, so I'm guessing that originally pointed to the side as well (Fort McHenry flies a flag (File:Ft mchenry 15starflag.jpg) with a similar star pattern, but it looks like they are all to the side, and the other dimensions look similar to a modern flag). I guesstimated other dimensions and star positions based on File:Star-Spangled-Banner-1908-1919.jpg; the union (blue area) looks to be about 19 feet wide. The star rows look to be evenly distributed; i.e. the distance between the top/bottom edges and the center of a star row looks to be about the same as the distance between two (centers of) rows. Not so left-to-right; they are pretty close to the right edge and even closer to the hoist side. Also available here, page 12.
Författare/Upphovsman: Made by User:Golbez., Licens: CC BY 2.5
Map of the states and territories of the United States as it was from July 1805 to 1809. On July 4 1805, the District of Louisiana was organized as Louisiana Territory. On March 1 1809, Illinois Territory was split from Indiana Territory.