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Fun with the Land Ordinances. Land Ordinance of 1784 Created 10 Districts- could petition for statehood when they reached the lowest population Did not.

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1 Fun with the Land Ordinances

2 Land Ordinance of 1784 Created 10 Districts- could petition for statehood when they reached the lowest population Did not want to create 2 nd class citizens

3 Land Ordinance of 1785 Created the “Grid System” for surveying and selling western lands The profit from land sales would be used to support public schools

4 Northwest Ordinance (1787) Created a single Northwest Territory 3-5 states could be created 60,000 minimum for statehood Freedom of religion, trial by jury No Slavery Present day states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota (part)

5 Northwest Territory

6 Indians and Fallen Timbers (1794) Northwest Ordinance does not protect Indians The Western Confederacy led by Blue Jacket forms a defensive position near present day Toledo (Fallen Timbers) General “Mad” Anthony Wayne attacks and destroys Blue Jacket Indians retreat to Fort Miami and British don’t let them in

7 Treaty of Greenville Ended Northwest Indian War Ceded most of present day Ohio to US Affirmed that Indian tribes had to cede their land


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