Spanish Missouri

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Spanish Missouri was the region of present-day Missouri that was governed as part of Spain’s North American colonial empire in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Spanish Missouri canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former Spanish colony
historical region
administrativeStatus district of Upper Louisiana
borderedBy Indigenous territories
other regions of Spanish Louisiana
capital St. Louis
linked to: Saint Louis City
colonialAdministration Spanish colonial officials
colonialEmpire Spanish North American colonial empire
colonialPower Spain
country Spanish Empire
economy agriculture
fur trade
lead mining
endTime 1800
endTimeApproximate early 19th century
followed French Louisiana
French colonial Missouri
followedBy French Missouri (post-1800 transfer)
linked to: Missouri Country

United States Missouri Territory
linked to: Missouri Territory
governedFrom New Orleans
includedPopulationGroup French settlers
Indigenous peoples
Spanish officials
enslaved Africans
languageUsed French
Spanish
locatedIn North America
locatedInPresentDay Missouri
United States
majorSettlement New Madrid
St. Louis
linked to: Saint Louis City

Ste. Genevieve
linked to: Ste. Geneviève
partOf Spanish Louisiana
Upper Louisiana
policy encouragement of immigration from the United States
land grants to settlers
religion Roman Catholicism
sovereign Kingdom of Spain
startTime 1760s
startTimeApproximate circa 1763
subsequentTransferTo United States
subsequentTransferTreaty Louisiana Purchase
timePeriod early 19th century
late 18th century
transferTo France
transferTreaty Treaty of San Ildefonso

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Crown of Spain hasPart Spanish Missouri