Settling St. Louis Timeline by Roxana Abdelghafoor https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai 6th hour en-us 2022-09-22 17:04:50 UTC 2022-10-04 19:02:20 UTC hello@padlet.com 1673 abdelghafoorr4454 https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2319726579 During their voyage down the Mississippi River in the summer of 1673, Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet were the first Europeans to visit what would later become Missouri.]]> 2022-09-29 16:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2319726579 1750 abdelghafoorr4454 https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2326288432 Ste. Genevieve, the first permanent white settlement in what is now Missouri, was founded in 1750. When they first started their quest to settle in Ste. Genevieve, they began in St.Louis.]]> 2022-10-04 18:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2326288432 1764 abdelghafoorr4454 https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2326290978 St. Louis was founded by Pierre Laclede Liguest along with his stepson Auguste Choteau and other fur traders on February 15, 1764. St. Louis benefited from the fur trade. They used to trade a lot of fur here in St.Louis.]]> 2022-10-04 18:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2326290978 1798 abdelghafoorr4454 https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2326304263 In an effort to bring more American colonial settlers to the area, Spanish Lt. Governor Zenon Trudeau granted frontiersman Daniel Boone 1,000 arpents of land to settle in the Louisiana Territory on January 23, 1798. 
A lot of Saint Louisans moved to settle in the Louisiana Territory.

]]> 2022-10-04 18:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2326304263 1804 abdelghafoorr4454 https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2326309269 The original five districts of Missouri were created on October 1, 1804, by proclamation from Gov. William Henry Harrison: Cape Girardeau, New Madrid, St. Charles, St. Louis, and Ste. Genevieve. Their areas are still major areas here near St.Louis until this day. 

]]> 2022-10-04 18:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2326309269 1812 abdelghafoorr4454 https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2326317452 The Territory of Louisiana was renamed the Territory of Missouri on June 4, 1812 after the Territory of Orleans became the State of Louisiana. Missouri was beginning to form its own identity. 

]]> 2022-10-04 18:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2326317452 1818 abdelghafoorr4454 https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2326321949 A petition to Congress from Missouri requesting statehood was presented by the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Henry Clay on January 8, 1818.

The state of Missouri was begging to form its own identity in Congress. 

]]> 2022-10-04 18:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2326321949 1820 abdelghafoorr4454 https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2326325433 The first Missouri Constitutional Convention met at the Mansion House Hotel in St. Louis. Written in only 38 days, the first Missouri Constitution was adopted on July 19, 1820.

St.Louis, Missouri began forming its own identity and formed its own constitutional convention.

]]> 2022-10-04 18:53:37 UTC https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2326325433 1820 abdelghafoorr4454 https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2326328415 Missouri’s first state election was held on August 28, 1820, and Alexander McNair was elected as the first governor. Missouri became a state that held elections and its first governor was elected. 

]]> 2022-10-04 18:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2326328415 1821 abdelghafoorr4454 https://padlet.com/abdelghafoorr4454/eiyaqvlb6pvnufai/wish/2326332304 President James Monroe signed a proclamation on August 10, 1821 for Missouri to become the 24th state. The state capitol was located in St. Charles until a permanent location was designated. Missouri became to 24th state. The capital was St. Charles which now hold alot of history. 

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