Louisiana Purchase Timeline 1805

1805 In a nutshell: Tension with Spain.

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8th Congress, 2nd Session

January 5, 1805

The House of Representatives receives a communication entitled “Remonstrance of the People of Louisiana.”

January 7, 1805

The Senate introduces “A bill for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land within the Territory of Orleans and district of Louisiana.”

January 25, 1805

The House of Representatives refers to a Committee of the Whole House a report on the “Revision of the Political System Adopted for Louisiana.”

January 28, 1805

The House of Representatives passes a resolution “That provision ought to be made, by law, for extending to the inhabitants of Louisiana the right of self-government.”

January 29, 1805

The Senate reports and reads “A bill further providing for the Government of the Territory of Orleans.”

February 16, 1805

The Senate amends “A bill further providing for the Government of the Territory of Orleans.”

February 18, 1805

The Senate passes “A bill further providing for the Government of the Territory of Orleans.”

February 19, 1805

The House of Representatives reads and orders to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House “An act further providing for the Government of the Territory of Orleans.”

February 27, 1805

The House of Representatives amends and passes “An Act for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land, within the territory of Orleans, and the district of Louisiana.”

February 28, 1805

The Senate agrees to House amendments and passes “An Act for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land, within the territory of Orleans, and the district of Louisiana.”

March 1, 1805

The Senate amends and passes “A bill further providing for the Government of the district of Louisiana.”

The House of Representatives passes “A bill further providing for the Government of the Territory of Orleans.”

March 2, 1805

President Thomas Jefferson signs into law “An Act further providing for the government of the territory of Orleans.”

President Thomas Jefferson signs into law “An Act for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land, within the territory of Orleans, and the district of Louisiana.”

The House of Representatives passes “An act further providing for the Government of the district of Louisiana.”

March 3, 1805

President Thomas Jefferson signs into law “An act further providing for the Government of the district of Louisiana.”

9th Congress, 1st Session

December 3, 1805

President Thomas Jefferson presents his Fifth Annual Message to Congress, which discusses a dispute with Spain concerning the exact boundaries of Louisiana. Jefferson states that “Inroads have been recently made into the territories of Orleans and the Mississippi, our citizens have been seized and their property plundered. . . I have therefore found it necessary, at length, to give orders to our troops on that frontier to be in readiness to protect our citizens, and to repel by arms any similar aggressions in future.”

December 9, 1805

President Thomas Jefferson sends a confidential message to Congress on problems with Spain concerning the exact boundaries of Louisiana. This message is dated December 6, 1805.

December 11, 1805

The House of Representatives introduces a bill supplementary to the “act making provision for the payment of claims of citizens of the United States on the government of France, the payment of which has been assumed by the United States, by virtue of the convention of the 30th of April, 1803, between the United States and the French republic.”

December 19, 1805

The House of Representatives debates the bill supplementary to the “Act making provision for the payment of claims of citizens of the United States on the Government of France, the payment of which has been assumed by the United States, by virtue of the convention of the thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States and the French Republic.”

December 20, 1805

The House of Representatives passes “An act supplementary to the act making provision for the payment of claims of citizens of the United States on the Government of France, the payment of which has been assumed by the United States, by virtue of the convention of the thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States and the French Republic.”

December 27, 1805

The Senate passes with amendments “An act supplementary to the act making provision for the payment of claims of citizens of the United States on the Government of France, the payment of which has been assumed by the United States, by virtue of the convention of the thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States and the French Republic.”

December 31, 1805

President Thomas Jefferson signs into law “An act supplementary to the act making provision for the payment of claims of citizens of the United States on the Government of France, the payment of which has been assumed by the United States, by virtue of the convention of the thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States and the French Republic.”