Act of Congress of March 2, 1819

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The Act of Congress of March 2, 1819 was a United States federal law that created the Arkansas Territory, formally organizing the region as a separate territorial government.

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Act of Congress of March 2, 1819 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
organic act ⓘ
appliesTo Arkansas Territory ⓘ
Missouri Territory ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdTerritory Arkansas Territory ⓘ
dateOfEnactment 1819-03-02 ⓘ
effectOnMissouriTerritory reduced the area of Missouri Territory by separating Arkansas Territory ⓘ
established territorial government for Arkansas Territory ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
governs political organization of Arkansas Territory ⓘ
hasConsequence formal organization of Arkansas as a separate territory ⓘ
historicalPeriod Antebellum United States ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period
jurisdictionEstablished United States territorial government in the Arkansas region ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalDomain public law of the United States ⓘ
legalStatus public law ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
officeOfSigner President of the United States ⓘ
partOf United States territorial expansion legislation ⓘ
precedes admission of Arkansas as a U.S. state ⓘ
purpose to create a separate territorial government for the Arkansas region ⓘ
relatedLegislation Arkansas statehood act ⓘ
Missouri Territory organic act ⓘ
relatedTo territorial organization of the United States ⓘ
westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
signedBy James Monroe ⓘ
subjectMatter creation of a U.S. territory ⓘ
definition of territorial boundaries ⓘ
temporalContext Era of Good Feelings ⓘ

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Arkansas Territory → establishedByDocument → Act of Congress of March 2, 1819 ⓘ