Territorial evolution of Colorado

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

An enlargeable map of the United States after the Constitution of the United States was ratified on March 4, 1789.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the secret Third Treaty of San Ildefonso transferred the Spanish colony of la Luisiana to the French Republic on October 1, 1800.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Louisiana Purchase took effect on December 20,1803.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the District of Louisiana on March 26, 1804.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Louisiana on March 3, 1805.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Missouri on June 4, 1812.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Adams–Onís Treaty took effect on February 22, 1821.
An enlargeable map of the United States after Missouri was admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821.
Territorial claims of the Republic of Texas, May 2, 1836.
An enlargeable map of the United States after Texas was admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the proposed State of Deseret on July 2, 1849.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of New Mexico and the Territory of Utah on September 9, 1850.
An enlargeable map of the United States after Gadsden Purchase on December 30, 1853.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Kansas and the Territory of Nebraska on May 30, 1854.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the proposed Territory of Jefferson on October 24, 1859.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the admission of Kansas to the Union on January 29, 1861.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Colorado on February 28, 1861.
An enlargeable map of the United States after Colorado was admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876.
An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since Hawaiʻi was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959.

Timeline

See also
Santa Fe de Nuevo México
La Louisiane
La Luisiana
Louisiana Purchase
District of Louisiana
Louisiana Territory
Missouri Territory
Mexican Empire
Republic of Texas
U.S. provisional government of New Mexico
State of Deseret
Utah Territory
New Mexico Territory
Kansas Territory
Nebraska Territory
Jefferson Territory
Colorado Territory
State of Colorado

References
  1. Thirty-sixth United States Congress (February 28, 1861). "An Act To provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Colorado" (PDF). Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. Forty-third United States Congress (March 3, 1875). "An act to enable the people of Colorado to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of the said State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States" (PDF). Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  3. Ulysses S. Grant (August 1, 1876). "Proclamation 230—Admission of Colorado into the Union". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

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