Territorial government of Wisconsin

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Municipality
gptkbp:area approximately 65,000 square miles
gptkbp:capital Belmont
gptkbp:civicEngagement Community meetings
gptkbp:culturalHeritage Native_American_and_settler_traditions
gptkbp:culturalInfluence European_settlers
gptkbp:demographics Diverse population
gptkbp:dissolved 1848
gptkbp:economicActivity Panic of 1837
gptkbp:education Territorial schools
gptkbp:environmentalImpact Deforestation and agriculture
gptkbp:established gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:establishedIn 1836
gptkbp:firstHeld 1836
gptkbp:governance Territorial governance
gptkbp:governs gptkb:Henry_Dodge
gptkbp:headquarteredIn Agricultural communities
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Black_Hawk_War
gptkbp:historicalFigures gptkb:John_H._Tweedy
gptkb:James_Duane_Doty
gptkb:William_H._Seward
gptkb:Stephen_Miller
gptkb:George_W._Jones
gptkbp:historicalRecords Territorial archives
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Formation of statehood
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Territorial government of Wisconsin
gptkbp:judges Territorial courts
gptkbp:land_use gptkb:Northwest_Ordinance
Land Ordinance of 1785
gptkbp:landforms Public Land Survey System
gptkbp:landOwnership Homesteading laws
gptkbp:landUse Farming and logging
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Wisconsin_Territorial_Legislature
Territorial_Assembly
gptkbp:localGovernment gptkb:Henry_Dodge
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Wisconsin
gptkbp:majorIndustry Agriculture
gptkbp:militaryRank U.S._Army_posts
gptkbp:nationalTeam gptkb:Wisconsin_Constitution_of_1848
gptkbp:nativeTo gptkb:Ho-Chunk
gptkb:Menominee
Ojibwe
Potawatomi
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:politicalPosition Governor and legislature
gptkbp:population approximately 30,000 in 1840
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Wisconsin_Territory
gptkbp:state 1848
gptkbp:successor gptkb:State_of_Wisconsin
gptkbp:territory gptkb:Wisconsin_Territorial_Legislature
Belmont
Territorial courts
Defined_by_Congress
gptkbp:transportation Roads and waterways
Stagecoach lines
gptkbp:voterTurnout Limited to white males
gptkbp:youth_development Emergence of towns
Rapid growth in 1840s