“northwest” expansion
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“Northwest” Expansion. The Confederation. Not all of the A of C were ineffective Settlement of the “western lands” was decided. State Claims to Western Lands. The Ordinances. O of 1784: Western land that was owned by states was ceded to the federal gov’t - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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“Northwest” Expansion
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Not all of the A of C were ineffective Settlement of the “western lands” was
decided
The Confederation
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State Claims to Western Lands
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O of 1784:◦ Western land that was owned by states was
ceded to the federal gov’t◦ Divided into ten self-governing districts
Could petition for statehood Sought to avoid creating second class citizens
O of 1785:◦ Created a system of surveying and selling land
The Ordinances
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O of 1785 divided up land into a grid◦ Jefferson’s plan
Influenced by the Enlightenment ideas of mathematical forms of land distribution
Became the norm for land distribution in land west of the Appalachians
The Grid
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Land Ordinance
Plot #16 was set aside for public education
Public Land sold for $1.00 to $2.00 an acre = pay debt
Northwest Territory
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O of 1785 let land be sold and that went sideways◦ Sold only to a few speculators
Too much land power in the hands of the few Abandoned the earlier ten districts and
created a single Northwest Territory◦ Lands north of the Ohio
Northwest Ordinance
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Could be split into between three and five territories◦ 60,000 residents= new state!
New rules◦ You will be working with these today!
Surprise! Too much expansion and some uncontrolled
expansion led to conflicting land claims in that region (Way to go Congress!!)
N.O. cont.
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Ohio
1ST STEP
WHEN PEOPLE FIRST SETTLE IN
THE AREA:
Congress appoints a governor and three judges to govern the
territory
2nd STEP
5,000 FREE ADULT MALES:
Landowners elect a congress to make laws
and raise taxes with approval of governor. 1 representative is elected to the US Congress who can debate but not vote.
3rd STEP60,000 SETTLERS:
Becomes a state, with its own government and
constitution. New states admitted with same rights as the original states. No
more than 5 states can carved out of this area.
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Confederation divided up, and gave away, land that was already claimed by N.A. tribes!
Tried to persuade N.A. tribes to sign treaties ceding those western lands◦ Didn’t work
Fighting broke out◦ 1790 & 1791 the Miami tribe beat US forces in
two major battles on the Ohio frontier
Indians and the Western Lands
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Battle of Fallen Timbers◦ Gen. Anthony Wayne◦ 4,000 troops
US defeated the Miami Miami signed the Treaty of Greenville
◦ Ceded major lands to the US in exchange for a formal acknowledgement of their claim to the territory Affirmed that N.A. lands could only be ceded by the
tribes themselves Yea, right!
More Indians…