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Origins of the War of 1812
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Disputed territories in the War of 1812
This map illustrates the states and territories of the United States from May 1812 to June 1812. On May 12, 1812, the federal government assigned its annexed land of West Florida to the Mississippi Territory. On June 4, 1812, to minimize confusion, the Louisiana Territory was renamed "Missouri Territory."
The map shows that, in addition to D.C., there were 18 states: Massachusetts, which included present day Massachusetts and southern Maine; New Hampshire; Vermont; Rhode Island; Connecticut; New York; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Delaware, Maryland; Virginia, which included present day Virginia and West Virginia; Ohio; Kentucky; Tennessee; North Carolina; South Carolina; Georgia; and Louisiana, which included most of present day Louisiana. It shows that there were five territories: Michigan, which covered the Lower Peninsula of present day Michigan; Indiana, which covered present day Indiana and a portion of the Upper Peninsula of present day Michigan; Illinois, which covered present day Illinois, Wisconsin, and portions of present day Minnesota and Michigan; Mississippi, which covered portions of present day Mississippi and Alabama; and Louisiana, which covered a wide stretch of the Midwest. It shows that East Florida and West Florida were controlled by Spain; Rupert’s Land, which covered portions of modern day Minnesota and North Dakota and very small parts of Montana and North Dakota, was controlled by the United Kingdom; the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which covered nearly all of the southwestern United States, was controlled by Spain; and that the northwestern United States was unclaimed territory. Finally, it shows three disputed areas: present day northern Maine, which was disputed between Massachusetts and the colony of New Brunswick (UK); present day southeastern Louisiana and the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama, which was disputed between the Louisiana Territory and the Mississippi Territory; and the northeastern tip of present day Minnesota, which was disputed between the Illinois Territory and Rupert’s Land (UK).
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