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Originally inhabited by Native
Americans, the region that became the Oregon Territory was explored by Europeans first by sea. The first documented voyage of exploration was made in 1777 by the Spanish, and both British and American vessels visited the region not long thereafter. Subsequent land-based
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Taxation took the form of an annual property tax of 0.25% for territorial purposes with an additional county tax not to exceed this amount. This tax was to be paid on all town lots and improvements, mills, carriages, clocks and watches, and livestock; farmland and farm products were not taxed. In
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began meeting in 1841 to discuss organizing a government for the area. These earliest documented discussions, mostly concerning forming a government, were held in an early pioneer and Native
American encampment and later town known as
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was held in 1857 to draft a constitution in preparation for becoming a state, with the convention delegates approving the document in
September, and then general populace approving the document in November.
601:. Judges on the court also sat as trial level judges as they rode circuit across the territory. All of these offices were filled by appointment by the President of the United States. The two-chamber
454:" (as the American side called it) that comprised the present-day U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, parts of Montana and Wyoming, and the portion of what is now the Canadian province of
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beginning in 1841. At that time, the only governments that existed in the Oregon
Country were the individual local Native Americans communities, as no one nation held dominion over the territory.
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was responsible for passing laws, with seats in both the upper-chamber council and lower-chamber house of representatives filled by local elections held each year.
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within its current boundaries. The remaining eastern portion of the territory (the portions in present-day southern Idaho and western
Wyoming) was added to the
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of 50 cents for every qualified voter under age 60 was assessed and a graduated schedule of merchants' licenses established, ranging from the
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that existed from August 14, 1848, until
February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the
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served briefly as the capital in 1855, followed by a permanent return to Salem later that year. In 1853, as a result of the
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and development of the fur trade in the region strengthened the competing claims of Great
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and the US in 1846. When established, the territory encompassed an area that included the current states of Oregon,
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Oregon City served as the seat of government from 1848 to 1851, followed by
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The competing interests of the two foremost claimants were addressed in the
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On
February 14, 1859, the territory entered the Union as the U.S. state of
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The
History of the Pacific Northwest Oregon and Washington 1889: Volume I
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The Oregon Territory (blue) with the Washington Territory (green) in 1853
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and north of the 46th parallel east of the river was organized into the
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The State of Oregon (blue) with the Washington Territory (green) in 1859
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eventually led to further discussions, and in 1843 the creation of the
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Population of the States and Counties of the United States: 1790–1990
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Population of the States and Counties of the United States: 1790–1990
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between the U.S. and Britain was settled with the signing of the
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of 1819), and it extended north to the 49th parallel.
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The Oregon Territory, as originally organized, in 1848
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Act to Establish the Territorial Government of Oregon
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organized incorporated territory of the United States
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1197:Selcer, Richard F. (2006). Balkin, Richard (ed.).
1140:. San Francisco: The History Company. p. 540.
983:Oregon: Her History, Her Great Men, Her Literature
648:, the portion of the territory north of the lower
2614:Former organized territories of the United States
1695:and other inhabited territories governed by the
1165:. Portland: North Pacific History Company. 1889.
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384:. Originally claimed by several countries (see
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2594:States and territories disestablished in 1859
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8:
704:) reported the following population counts:
2664:1859 disestablishments in the United States
2639:Pre-statehood history of Washington (state)
2589:States and territories established in 1846
1930:
1916:
1908:
1304:
1290:
1282:
929:Territorial evolution of the United States
589:The territorial government consisted of a
20:
2609:History of the Northwestern United States
985:. The J.K. Gill Co.: Portland. pp. 28–29.
408:. The capital of the territory was first
2659:1848 establishments in the United States
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1012:
706:
557:, as well as those parts of present-day
2654:1848 establishments in Oregon Territory
1002:
1000:
939:
664:In 1850, 10 years after the end of the
581:, was designated as the first capital.
97:
62:
16:Territory of the U.S. between 1848–1859
1741:Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
1037:
1035:
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1938:Pioneer history of Oregon (1806–1890)
924:Historic regions of the United States
494:, which was dominated by the British
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668:(1790–1840), of the 9 churches with
458:south of the parallel 54°40′ north.
1329:Organized incorporated territories
14:
597:, an attorney, and a three-judge
2644:Pre-statehood history of Wyoming
2634:Pre-statehood history of Montana
2041:
1976:Oregon & California Railroad
1891:
1882:
1881:
1693:United Nations trust territories
1313:Territories of the United States
908:
894:
880:
672:in the Oregon Territory, 5 were
658:Oregon Constitutional Convention
520:Provisional Government of Oregon
350:
336:
319:Provisional Government of Oregon
311:
112:Organized incorporated territory
47:
30:Organized incorporated territory
2604:Pre-statehood history of Oregon
2503:Oregon Steam Navigation Company
1747:American Concession in Shanghai
1199:Civil War America: 1850 to 1875
963:Howard M. Corning, ed. (1989).
2629:Pre-statehood history of Idaho
1753:American concession of Tianjin
1130:Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1886).
969:Binfords & Mort Publishing
603:Oregon Territorial Legislature
569:. Its southern border was the
1:
2063:Russo-American Treaty of 1824
2619:History of the American West
1344:U.S. territorial sovereignty
1256:Forstall, Richard L. (ed.).
1226:Forstall, Richard L. (ed.).
1078:Work Projects Administration
965:Dictionary of Oregon History
1265:United States Census Bureau
1235:United States Census Bureau
505:A group of settlers in the
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1594:Unincorporated territories
441:Lewis and Clark Expedition
427:
2110:Constitutional Convention
2068:Willamette Cattle Company
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1779:
1762:
1705:
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694:1850 United States census
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1679:Northern Mariana Islands
1087:Oregon: End of the Trail
981:Horner, John B. (1919).
2236:Willamette Trading Post
2093:Donation Land Claim Act
1981:Oregon boundary dispute
524:Oregon boundary dispute
150:• 1848–1850; 1853
57:of the Oregon Territory
2521:Native peoples history
2221:Thomas and Ruckle Road
2033:Provisional Government
700:and 3 in contemporary
666:Second Great Awakening
539:United States Congress
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416:, followed briefly by
400:, as well as parts of
2297:Abigail Scott Duniway
1334:Territorial evolution
1092:American Guide Series
635:Monticello Convention
573:(the boundary of the
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1971:Hudson's Bay Company
1951:American Fur Company
888:United States portal
868:Washington Territory
654:Washington Territory
637:and its approval by
496:Hudson's Bay Company
332:Washington Territory
255:Washington Territory
2561: /
2417:Eliza Hart Spalding
2028:Pacific Fur Company
1996:Oregon missionaries
1961:Executive Committee
1771:uninhabited islands
1673:U.S. Virgin Islands
1100:Binfords & Mort
629:from 1851 to 1855.
579:Oregon City, Oregon
571:42nd parallel north
437:Alexander Mackenzie
370:Territory of Oregon
128:Alis volat propriis
24:Territory of Oregon
2362:Morton M. McCarver
2352:David Thomas Lenox
2216:Philip Foster Farm
2120:Great Gale of 1880
1956:Columbian exchange
1267:. pp. 176–177
1237:. pp. 134–135
1018:Horner, pp. 60–64.
994:Horner, pp. 53–59.
567:Continental Divide
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167:Kintzing Prichette
2624:History of Oregon
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2427:William Vandevert
2322:Cornelius Gilliam
2302:Thomas Lamb Eliot
2277:William H. Boring
2272:François Blanchet
2201:Methodist Mission
2073:Champoeg Meetings
1905:
1904:
1769:claims and other
1767:Guano Islands Act
1667:Panama Canal Zone
1339:Thirteen Colonies
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853:Oregon Territory
621:Gaining statehood
575:Adams-Onis Treaty
516:Champoeg Meetings
507:Willamette Valley
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198:• 1854–1859
186:• 1853–1854
174:• 1850–1853
107: • Type
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2442:Narcissa Whitman
2252:George Abernethy
2226:Tualatin Academy
2211:Oregon Institute
2105:Rogue River Wars
2083:Whitman massacre
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2008:Oregon Territory
2002:Oregon Spectator
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512:Champoeg, Oregon
456:British Columbia
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2526:History to 1806
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2367:John McLoughlin
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2078:Star of Oregon
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2058:Treaty of 1818
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1858:(1898–present)
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1846:(1867–present)
1841:
1840:(1867–present)
1838:Howland Island
1835:
1829:
1828:(1860–present)
1823:
1822:(1858–present)
1820:Navassa Island
1817:
1816:(1858–present)
1814:Johnston Atoll
1811:
1810:(1858–present)
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1804:(1857–present)
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1681:(1986–present)
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1663:(1899–present)
1661:American Samoa
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