Indiana: Path to Statehood

Northwest Ordinance

Jul 13, 1787

http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/ordinance/
The Northwest Ordinance set up rules for governing the Northwest Territory.

Indiana Territory created

Jul 4, 1800

http://www.in.gov/history/2452.htm

Indiana divides into its current size

Mar 1, 1809

http://www.in.gov/history/2455.htm

William Henry Harrison secures Indiana for the U.S. during the War of 1812

Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/1800sarmybiographies/p/whharrison.htm

Census reports population reaches 60,000 - The amount required for statehood

Mar 4, 1816

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Four_of_the_United_States_Constitution

Congress passes an Enabling Act

May 13, 1816

http://www.in.gov/history/2458.htm

State Constitution passed in Corydon

Jun 10, 1816

http://centerforhistory.org/learn-history/indiana-history/indiana-the-nineteenth-state-1816

Indiana becomes a state

Dec 11, 1816

http://www.mjcpl.org/historyrescue/timeline/1816-indiana-becomes-a-state