Territory
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...TERRITORY in U.S. history, a portion of the...given limited self-government, usually in preparation...statehood. Territorial governments have been similar in...authority of the federal government. The Ordinance of...upon which territorial governments were later organized...Kentucky, Maine, Texas, Vermont, and West Virginia...