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While there had already been rapid growth in European settlement of the area largely against Dakota wishes, as US leaders pushed the Westward Expansion, the 1851 treaty further encouraged the wave. Between 1854 and 1880, Vasa grew beyond the original 10 families and the greater Goodhue County recorded more than 4,300 residents.
When the Minnesota Territory was established in 1848 the Native American settlements in the territory still rivaled the American settlements in size. According to some scholars, the Mandan/Hidatsa village of Like-a-Fishhook in what is now North Dakota, with a population of 700, was the largest settlement in the Minnesota Territory. [89]
Early federal and state civil procedure in the United States was rather ad hoc and was based on traditional common law procedure but with much local variety. There were varying rules that governed different types of civil cases such as "actions" at law or "suits" in equity or in admiralty; these differences grew from the history of "law" and "equity" as separate court systems in English law.
Minnesota's legal identity was created as the Minnesota Territory in 1849, and it became the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858. After the chaos of the American Civil War and the Dakota War of 1862 ended, the state's economy grew when its timber and agriculture resources were developed.
Minnesota's settlement and organization were influenced by three factors: force, as it was conquered by European powers and later the United States; accident, as some European settlers arrived following the fur trade and American civilians drifted into the territory seeking opportunities; and choice, as the American settlers in the territory decided to establish a civil society.
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Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House, 1931. The Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House in Minneapolis, Minnesota was founded in 1924 by the Council on Social Agencies (CSA) and the Women's Cooperative Alliance (WCA). [1] Its original function was to provide a recreational facility that could be used by the Minneapolis African American community. [2]
Edina (locally / iː ˈ d aɪ n ə / ⓘ ee-DY-nə, / ɪ ˈ d aɪ n ə / ih-DY-nə) [8] is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States and a first-ring suburb of Minneapolis.The population was 53,494 at the 2020 census, [3] making it the 18th most populous city in Minnesota.