1. Lesson 1: The Northwest Territory
Unit 3 Chapter 4 From Territory to Statehood
Lesson 1: The Northwest Territory
Objectives:
1.Preview and Predict Lesson 1 by looking at headings, subheadings, pictures
2.Define Vocabulary in the notebook
3.Read pages 78-81
4. Complete note taking and the Reading Skill from page 78
5.Lesson Review page 81 for Homework
6 .Work sheet pages 25-26

2. Ordinance – law made by a government
Squatter – a person who lives on land
without permission
Profit – money gained
Territory – area of land under the control
of government

3. Building a Nation
Page 78
Cause
Effect
The Revolutionary War cost the new
United State a lot of money and they
were in debt.
The United States Government decided to sell land to pay the debt off

4. Measured
Dividing the New Land
Page 79
school
squatter
Land Ordinance of 1785
Divided
Into
Townships
Land to be surveyed
Northwest
Ordinance of
1787
Arthur
St.
Claire
American
Indian
sold
Pay government debt
Created the government when it was signed
Rules
For
Statehood

5. Explain Ohio’s progression from Territory to Statehood
(Order the 3 steps)
Congress will appoint a group of leaders to govern people and territory.
With a minimum population the people of a part of the territory could elect political leaders to govern them. (5,000)
When the population of the district was large enough, it could be admitted as a state. (60,000)

6. Difficult for the government to sell the land because the price
was too high
Large pieces of land too big
Land Sales and Settlement
Page 80
Land Companies bought the land and broke it into smaller sections
Families would buy
the land and the Land Company would make a profit

7. Review Work Sheets
Pages 25-26
In Class

8. Homework
Lesson Review
Page 81