Kansas Territory

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf territory
gptkbp:area approximately 105,000 square miles
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Colorado
gptkb:Missouri
gptkb:Nebraska
gptkb:Oklahoma
gptkbp:capital Lecompton
gptkbp:cultural_impact Role in westward expansion
Influence on statehood movements
Symbol of frontier life
Influence on abolitionist movement
Impact_on_Native_American_relations
Settlement_patterns_in_the_Midwest
Development_of_Republican_Party
Influence_on_Civil_War
Legacy_of_conflict_in_American_history
gptkbp:dissolved 1861
gptkbp:electionYear 1855
gptkbp:established 1854
gptkbp:geographicalFeature gptkb:Midwestern_United_States
gptkbp:governs gptkb:Andrew_H._Reeder
gptkbp:historical_significance Free-State vs. Slave-State conflict
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act
gptkb:Sacking_of_Lawrence
gptkb:Battle_of_Hickory_Point
Civil War skirmishes
Pottawatomie Massacre
Battle of Black Jack
Battle of Fort Scott
Battle of Mine Creek
Battle of Westport
Battle of Osawatomie
Battle of the Blue
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kansas Territory
gptkbp:landmark gptkb:Fort_Scott
gptkb:Constitution_Hall
Topeka
Lawrence
The Lecompton Constitution
gptkbp:legislation Territorial_Legislature
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Bleeding_Kansas
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:John_Brown
gptkb:James_H._Lane
gptkb:Charles_Robinson
gptkb:David_Atchison
gptkb:Samuel_C._Pomeroy
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:population approximately 107,000 (1860)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Indian_Territory
gptkbp:successor gptkb:State_of_Kansas