from Virginia and made into a new state in 1792. The cessions were not entirely selfless—in some cases the cessions were made in exchange for federal...

the Louisiana Purchase. Spain made a cession of East and West Florida by the treaty of February 22, 1819. Cessions have been severally made of a part of...

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States. One of the Mid-Atlantic states, it borders the Atlantic Ocean, New...

new state of Texas with New Mexico consisting of roughly 529,000 square miles (1,370,000 km2), not including any Texas lands, the Mexican Cession was...

purchased 1836; Missouri Saginaw Cession; ceded 1819; Michigan Territory (eventually Michigan) The following are state cessions made during the building of...

media related to Maps from Indian Land Cessions in the United States (1899). Animated map of Native American cessions, treaties, reservations, et al. on YouTube...

the Union. Jefferson's proposal to create a federal domain through state cessions of western lands was derived from earlier proposals dating back to 1776...

a cession to Congress to help pay off debts related to the American War for Independence. It was founded with the intent of becoming the 14th state of...

following the Seven Years' War with Britain's victory over France and the cession of New France to Great Britain. The British attempted to establish a more...

from the Treaty of Paris (1783), the Treaty of Fort McIntosh, and the cessions of four states. Settlement was through several means: squatters, direct...

by date of admission to the Union List of U.S. state partition proposals Perpetual Union State cessions Statehood movement in the District of Columbia...

Ohio Ohio Lands Ox-Cart Library Western Reserve Historical Society State cessions Notes Western Reserve. Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (2020-10-05)...

California is a state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and...

This is a list of symbols of the state of New York in the United States. The majority of the state symbols are officially listed in the New York Consolidated...

Examples of cession include the cession of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, purchases such as the Louisiana Purchase and the Alaska Purchase, and cessions involving...

Continental Congress List of delegates to the Continental Congress State cessions Timeline of drafting and ratification of the United States Constitution...

Congress Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence State cessions Timeline of the American Revolution United Colonies Cogliano (2000)...

provided for the surveying and sale of lands in the area created by state cessions of western land to the national government. Later, the Northwest Ordinance...

The term "51st state" in American political discourse refers to the idea of adding a new state to the Union, either by granting statehood to one of the...

Missouri (see pronunciation) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the north, Illinois...

TEK-siz; Spanish: Texas or Tejas, pronounced [ˈtexas]) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to...

reservation land, culminating in a scramble to secure land grants. The land cession was to be carried out in exchange for private reserves for Anishinaabeg...

power to exercise "exclusive legislation" over a district that "may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of...

Wyoming (/waɪˈoʊmɪŋ/ wye-OH-ming) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and...

The U.S. state of New York currently has 34 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023...

The State of the Teutonic Order (Latin: Civitas Ordinis Theutonici) was a theocratic state located along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea in northern...

a state cession of a 100 square mile district to the central government. Atlanta, which had not yet supplanted Milledgeville, Georgia, as its state capital...

provided for the surveying and sale of lands in the area created by state cessions of western land to the national government. Later, the Northwest Ordinance...

request, President Chester A. Arthur of the United States decided that the cessions claimed by Leopold from the local leaders were lawful and recognized the...

part of the Mexican Cession (1848) and the subsequent California Gold Rush that used Emigrant Trails through the area, the state's area evolved first as...