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Territorial evolution of Colorado

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Territorial evolution of Colorado

The following chronology traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Colorado.

Timeline

  • Historical territorial claims of Spain in the present State of Colorado:
  • Nueva Vizcaya, 1562-1821
  • Santa Fé de Nuevo Méjico, 1598-1821
  • Treaty of Córdoba of 1821
  • Historical territorial claims of France in the present State of Colorado:
  • Louisiane, 1682–1764
  • Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
  • Historical territorial claims of Spain in the present State of Colorado:
  • Luisiana, 1764-1803
  • Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800
  • Historical territorial claims of France in the present State of Colorado:
  • Louisiane, 1803
  • Vente de la Louisiane of 1803
  • Historical territorial claims of Mexico in the present State of Colorado:
  • Santa Fé de Nuevo México, 1821-1848
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848
  • Historical territorial claims of the Republic of Texas in the present State of Colorado:
  • Disputed territory between the Arkansas River and the Rio Grande, 1836-1845
  • Texas Annexation of 1845
  • Historical political divisions of the United States in the present State of Colorado:
  • Unorganized territory created by the Louisiana Purchase, 1803-1804
  • District of Louisiana, 1804-1805
  • Territory of Louisiana, 1805-1812
  • Territory of Missouri, 1812-1821
  • Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819
  • Unorganized territory previously the western portion of the Missouri Territory, 1821-1854
  • Disputed territory created by the Texas Annexation, 1845-1850
  • Compromise of 1850
  • Unorganized territory created by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848-1850
  • State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849-1850
  • Territory of New Mexico, 1850-1912
  • Territory of Utah, 1850-1896
  • Territory of Kansas, 1854-1861
  • Territory of Nebraska, 1854-1867
  • Territory of Jefferson (extralegal), 1859-1861
  • Unorganized territory previously the western portion of the Kansas Territory, 1861
  • Territory of Colorado, 1861-1876
  • State of Colorado since August 1, 1876

    • References

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