page_title: Territorial evolution of California
hierarchical_section_title: Territorial evolution of California
caption_attribution_description: Map of the states and territories of the United States as it was from March 1789 to August 1789. On March 4 1789, the Constitution was ratified, though not all of the states had joined the union by then; to simplify this map, they are shown anyway. On August 7 1789, the Territory North West of the Ohio River (Northwest Territory) was organized.
context_page_description: The following timeline traces the territorial evolution of California, the thirty-first state admitted to the United States of America, including the process of removing Indigenous Peoples from their native lands, or restricting them to reservations.
context_section_description: The following timeline traces the territorial evolution of California, the thirty-first state admitted to the United States of America, including the process of removing Indigenous Peoples from their native lands, or restricting them to reservations.
caption: Spanish period: An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Paris in 1789.
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