What is Louisiana Territory?
{{Infobox Former subdivision |native_name = |conventional_long_name = Territory of Louisiana |common_name = Louisiana Territory |nation = the [[United States]] |subdivision = [[Organized incorporated territories of the United States|Organized incorporated territory]] |event_start = |date_start = July 4 |year_start = 1805 |event_end = Renamed [[Territory of Missouri]] |date_end = June 4 |year_end = 1812 |event_pre = |date_pre = |p1 = District of Louisiana |flag_p1 = Star-Spangled Banner flag.svg |p2 = |flag_p2 = |p3 = |flag_p3 = |s1 = Missouri Territory |flag_s1 = Star-Spangled Banner flag.svg |s2 = |flag_s2 = |s3 = |flag_s3 = |image_flag = Star-Spangled Banner flag.svg |flag_type = Flag of the United States |flag = Flag of the United States#Historical progression of designs |image_coat = |symbol = |symbol_type = |image_map = United States 1805-07-1809.png |image_map_caption = A map of the Territory of Louisiana | |stat_area1 = |stat_pop1 = |stat_year1 = |stat_area2 = |stat_pop2 = |stat_year2 = | |capital = [[St. Louis]] |government_type = Organized incorporated territory |title_leader = Governor |leader1 = [[James Wilkinson]] |year_leader1 = 1805–1807 |leader2 = [[Meriwether Lewis]] |year_leader2 = 1807–1809 |leader3 = [[Benjamin Howard (Missouri)|Benjamin Howard]] |year_leader3 = 1810–1812 |title_deputy = |deputy1 = |year_deputy1 = }} The '''Territory of Louisiana''' or '''Louisiana Territory''' was an [[organized incorporated territory of the United States]]. It was made from the former [[Louisiana (New France)]] on July 4, 1805. It lasted until June 4, 1812, when it was renamed the [[Missouri Territory]]. ==Creation== On March 3, 1805, Congress passed [[legislation]] [[Organized incorporated territories of the United States|organizing]] the District of Louisiana into the Louisiana Territory, starting July 4, 1805. The Territory was governed like how the [