A Territory.....

--> Had representation in Congress but,

--> Officials and judges were appointed by President and....

--> Representatives could not vote

"Why might people living here not like this?"

Oregon Country

--> 1840's both British and American settlers in Willamette Valley

--> Treaty of Oregon in 1846 set the boundary at the 49th parallel

--> Oregon Country for Americans

Birth of a Territory

--> 1848 Oregon becomes an official Territory and has representation in Congress

--> NO SLAVERY too

Oregon Territory Multiples

--> Oregon Territory HUGE

--> Capital is too far away from lots of settlers

--> What to Do??????

Washington Territory

--> 1853 Washington Territory is created

--> Isaac Stevens first Territorial Governor

--> Stevens in charge of Indian Affairs

--> Stevens wanted the transcontinental railroad too