The Gadsden Purchase
The government of the new states formed through the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 (not 1877) was appointed by the Congress of the Confederation. The ordinance established a framework for governance in the Northwest Territory, allowing Congress to appoint a governor, a secretary, and three judges to oversee the territory. These appointees were responsible for creating laws and managing the administration of the territory until it could achieve statehood.
it gave us great land for a transcontinental railroad and completed the continental U.SIt helped the railroad industry finish the rail road going west. They laid out 15 million dollars for it.
The three great explorers of the American West during Thomas Jefferson's administration were Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Zebulon Pike. Lewis and Clark led the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory and find a route to the Pacific Ocean. Zebulon Pike conducted his own explorations in the early 1800s, including the exploration of the southern portions of the Louisiana Territory and the Rocky Mountains, which contributed to the understanding of the American West. Their expeditions provided valuable information about the geography, resources, and Native American tribes of the region.
Montserrat is a British Territory, and has a local Governor and Chief Minister. Queen Elizabeth II rules over it as she does all British Territories, daily administration is handled by the Governor and Minister, much as Britain's Prime Minister runs the government there.
Territory that stretched to the Mississippi River
Gadsden purchase
Collins dictionary: With the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869, a huge territory was opened to him. no
Federal Capital Territory Administration was created in 2004.
California, Nevada,and the Utah territory
The lieutenant governor looks after the day-to-day administration of a union territory in India.
The Transcontinental railroad was completed in a ceremony in the Utah Territory in 1869. The railway enabled travel from the US east coast to the west coast.
The Oregon Territory from Canada by the Transcontinental Treaty.
Alaska was purchased in 1867 during the administration of Andrew Johnson .
Alaska
Transcontinental Treaty also called the Adams-Onis Treaty, in 1819
The golden spike (also known as The Last Spike) connecting the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads was driven at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory on May 10, 1869. It joined the rails of the first Transcontinental Railroad across the United States.
Greater ease of travel higher demand for unclaimed territory