The formal use of the word Indiana dates back to 1768, when a commercial company based in Philadelphia gave its land claim in present-day West Virginia the name Indiana after its previous owners, the Iroquois. The name Indiana means Land of the Indians or Land of the Indians. After the French lost the war between France and India in 1763, the English seized territory that would include present-day Indiana. The new owners of the land sought a new name for the territory, and in recognition of the people who originally occupied it, they called it Indiana.
Later, ownership of the claim was transferred to Indiana Land Company, the first recorded use of the word Indiana. As the territory of Indiana grew in population and development, it was divided in 1805 and again in 1809 until, reduced to its current size and boundaries, it retained the name of Indiana and was admitted to the Union in 1816 as the nineteenth state. During this time, many migrants who arrived in Indiana encountered violence against blacks and were forced to relocate due to Indiana's numerous sunset cities. While northern Indiana was covered by glaciers, southern Indiana remained unaffected by the advancing ice, leaving plants and animals that could sustain human communities.
Slavery in Indiana was prohibited, however, this law did not apply to slaveholders who lived in Indiana before the constitution came into force. Article XIII of the Indiana Constitution of 1851, which sought to exclude African Americans from settling in the state, was invalidated when the Supreme Court of Indiana ruled in 1866 that it violated the Thirteenth Amendment to the U. The formal use of the word Indiana dates back to 1768, when a Philadelphia- a commercial company based in the current state of West Virginia gave the name Indiana to its land claim in the current state of West Virginia in honor of its previous owners, the Iroquois. The ambitious development program of Indiana's founders was carried out when Indiana became the fourth largest state in terms of population, as measured by the 1860 census.
Meanwhile, at the Supreme Court session in August 1796, the case of the Indiana Company was reconvened, but Virginia did not respond, and before it was reconvened, three-quarters of the States had ratified the proposed amendment (in 179, and the much-disputed case disappeared from and, as a result, the Indiana Land Company lost its right and disappeared from sight.
