Not all of the A of C were ineffective Settlement of the “western lands” was decided.
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Not all of the A of C were ineffective Settlement of the “western lands” was
decided
The Confederation
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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…