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The history of Wisconsin includes the story of the people who have lived in Wisconsin since it became a state of the U.S., but also that of the Native American tribes who made their homeland in Wisconsin, the French and British colonists who were the first Europeans to live there, and the American settlers who lived in Wisconsin when it was a territory.
The Territory of Wisconsin was an organized and incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 3, 1836, [1] until May 29, 1848, when an eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Wisconsin. Belmont was initially chosen as the capital of the territory.
Wisconsin (/ w ɪ ˈ s k ɒ n s ɪ n / ⓘ wih-SKON-sin) [11] is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north.
Despite Latinos living in Wisconsin since the at least the 1880s — only 32 years after the state was founded — they have been routinely cast as Wisconsin's newest immigrants, he said.
Wisconsin on a map of the United States Wisconsin State Capitol An early illustration of the University of Wisconsin campus, from the 1885 edition of the Wisconsin Blue Book. The Wisconsin Idea is a public philosophy that has influenced policy and ideals in the U.S. state of Wisconsin's education system and politics.
Blame it on the founding fathers. And possibly a little neighborly competitiveness. The maps of the Milwaukee area and the rest of Wisconsin are covered in towns, villages and cities — some of ...
Although Wisconsin continues to use the original constitution ratified as Wisconsin achieved statehood, the current constitution is the second document to be proposed as the state constitution. In 1846, the residents of Wisconsin Territory first voted to apply for statehood, and they elected 124 representatives to meet in Madison to author a ...
May 8, 1848: Nelson Dewey elected Governor of Wisconsin. May 29, 1848: Wisconsin was admitted to the Union as the 30th State. June 7, 1848: Inauguration of Nelson Dewey as the first Governor of Wisconsin. June 8, 1848: The Wisconsin Legislature, in joint session, elected Henry Dodge and Isaac P. Walker as United States Senators. [1]