What was a region called before it became a state?
100
Burlington was to far.legislature tells governor Lucas to pick a new spot to move at.2 men rode up on their the Mississippi river until they found a beautiful sight.this became a sight of the new capital, Iowa city.
How did Iowa City become the new capital? (ESSAY)
100
president martin appointed robert lucas to be the first governor of the iowa territory.
What is Who did President Martin Van Buren appoint as the first governor of the Iowa Territory?
100
Iowa became a part of the Michigan territory.
What was Iowa a part of in 1834?
100
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and parts of the Dakotas.
Who was included in the Michigan Territory?
200
very few.
How many people were there in a district?
200
1 of their jobs was to recommend what boundaries to the new state should be. they approved borders that have made Iowa bigger than it is today. the northern border extended north to the present-day cities of Minneapolis and st.Paul. if that border had been approved, people who are living in southern Minnesota today would be Iowans.
What was the process like in writing our state constitution? (ESSAY)
200
in Burlington, Iowa.
Where did Governor Lucas select to be the Iowa Territory’s first capital
200
the rest of the land became the Wisconsin territory.
What happened in 1836?
300
elect their own legislature to make laws for the new region.
What were settlers in a territory permitted to do?
300
it was hard to get to the capital, so they needed to have a place in the middle of the state.with lots of people moving west,Des.Moines was the closest place in the middle. so they moved the capital there.
Why was Iowa’s capital moved to Des.Moines? (ESSAY
300
Iowa governors.
Who were Harold Hughes and Robert Ray?
300
the Iowa territory.
What did Congress create in 1838?
400
they became a territory.
What happened to districts when more settlers arrived?
400
when more and more settlers were moving west, the legislature created 45, new countries at once, making a total of 94 counties.
What happened in 1851?
400
They made Iowa a safer place to be at.
What did the work of Hughes and Ray do for Iowa?
400
to begin the steps to become a state.
What did Iowa voters decide to do in 1844?
500
it became a state.
What happened as still more people moved to a territory?
500
president martin appointed Robert Lucas to be the first governor of the Iowa territory
Who did President Martin Van Buren appoint as the first governor of the Iowa Territory?
500
in Burlington, Iowa.
Where did Governor Lucas select to be the Iowa Territory’s first capital?
500
when more and more settlers were moving west, the legislature created 45, new countries at once, making a total of 94 counties.