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Early Quarrels and Accomplishments Page 11 Lesson 5 Early Quarrels and Accomplishments
How should the United States handle these new lands? Lesson 5: Early Quarrels and Accomplishments L 10 WARM UP The Treaty of Paris gave the United States all the land west of the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi. Divide? Settle? Govern? Add as colonies? Add as new states? How should the United States handle these new lands? Native Inhabitants?
LEARNING TARGETS: The Beginning of Westward Expansion! R 11 Lesson 5: Early Quarrels and Accomplishments 11 R LEARNING TARGETS: I can list the two main areas the states quarreled over. I can explain the importance of the Northwest Ordinance to the growth of the United States. I can explain how government documents express the values of the society. The Beginning of Westward Expansion!
Key Vocabulary to add to Flashcard List (6-7) Lesson 5: Early Quarrels and Accomplishments Key Vocabulary to add to Flashcard List (6-7) VOCAB Northwest Territory Northwest Ordinance
What were two areas the states fought over? Lesson 5: Early Quarrels and Accomplishments 11 R Open the textbook to page 146, Section 8.2 READING NOTES What were two areas the states fought over? taxes on goods that crossed state borders boundaries How to develop the western lands the Confederation Congress now controlled? How to divide the new lands? How to govern the new lands? Why is this important?
How to divide the new lands? Lesson 5: Early Quarrels and Accomplishments How to develop the western lands the Confederation Congress now controlled? How to divide the new lands?
Lesson 5: Early Quarrels and Accomplishments 10 Interpreting a Map Page 207 Which of the original 13 states had Western land claims? Virginia Georgia Connecticut New York Massachusetts New Hampshire North Carolina South Carolina To what geographic feature did the Western land claims extend? Mississippi River
How to divide the new lands? Lesson 5: Early Quarrels and Accomplishments How to develop the western lands the Confederation Congress now controlled? How to divide the new lands? The new land would not be added to existing states but the original 13 states had to give up their claims to the western lands. The new land would not be colonies of the United States. Surveyors stake out six-mile-square plots called townships.
How to govern the new lands? rights of self-government. Lesson 5: Early Quarrels and Accomplishments How to develop the western lands the Confederation Congress now controlled? How to govern the new lands? As the territory grew in population, it would gain rights of self-government. When 5,000 free adult males lived in the territory, the territory could elect an assembly When the population was 60,000, the territory could apply for statehood Slavery was outlawed NORTH of the Ohio River Rivers were open to all for navigation Freedom of religion and trial by jury were guaranteed Native Americans were to be treated fairly and their lands not taken from them
Established how the United States would expand Lesson 5: Early Quarrels and Accomplishments How to develop the western lands the Confederation Congress now controlled? Why is this important? Set a pattern for the orderly growth of the United States. Established how the United States would expand westward across North America by the admission of new states rather than the expansion of the existing states.
Lesson 5: Early Quarrels and Accomplishments 10 WRAP UP Make a timeline showing the steps toward statehood. As the population of a territory grows, it would gain more rights in self government. Statehood Surveyors stake out townships (six-mile-square plots) 5,000 free adult males, could elect an assembly 60,000 people, they could apply to become a new state