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The "Missouri Crisis" was resolved at first in 1820 when the Missouri Compromise cleared the way for Missouri's entry to the union as a slave state. The Missouri Compromise stated that the remaining portion of the Louisiana Territory above the 36°30′ line was to be free from slavery. This same year, the first Missouri constitution was adopted.
June: Missouri constitutional convention held. [4] September: Missouri General Assembly convenes. [6] 1821 St. Louis becomes part of the new U.S. state of Missouri. City Directory begins publication. [1] [10] 1822 City of St. Louis incorporated. [10] Area of city: 385 acres. [12] 1823 – William Carr Lane becomes mayor. 1825 – Lafayette ...
The following is a timeline of the history of Kansas City, Missouri, United States. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The population increase stirred interest in statehood for Missouri, and in 1820, Congress passed the Missouri Compromise, authorizing Missouri's admission as a slave state. [46] The state constitutional convention and first General Assembly met in St. Louis in 1820. [47] Shortly thereafter, St. Louis incorporated as a city, on December 9, 1822 ...
Here’s the timeline of Missouri’s gun laws over the past 25 years: 1999: Proposition B. A ballot measure called Proposition B in 1999 would have brought back concealed carry to Missouri, but ...
[259] [280] [329] [330] The Missouri legislature condemns secession on March 7. [259] [331] On March 9, a Missouri state convention is held in St. Louis and Unionists again thwart secessionists. [259] [331] On March 22, a Missouri convention again rejects secession contrary to the position of pro-Confederate Governor Claiborne Jackson.
A timeline of key events that followed the shooting: ___ AUG. 9, 2014: Brown’s bloodied body remains in the street for four hours in the summer heat. People in the neighborhood later lash out at ...
The Genesis of Missouri: From Wilderness Outpost to Statehood (University of Missouri Press, 1989) Gardner, James A. "The Business Career of Moses Austin in Missouri, 1798-1821." Missouri Historical Review (1956) 50#3 pp 235–47. Gitlin, Jay. The bourgeois frontier: French towns, French traders, and American expansion (Yale University Press, 2009)