Problems After The War
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Problems After the War& Division of Western Lands
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Loss of Lives
• 25, 000 soldiers died• 8, 000 died in battle• 8,000 – 25,000 seriously
wounded or disabled• Population before the war 2,
418,000
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Debt
• The United States spent $37 million at the national level
• State Debt = $114 million
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Loyalists Suffered
•Left for Canada•Not all of the colonies returned land to the Loyalists
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Soldiers Left Poor
•Many did not receive pay or pensions
•Given land out west
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Northwest Territories
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Northwest Ordinance
• Created the Northwest Territory out of lands north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River
• 3 to 5 smaller territories• populations = 60,000 = apply for
statehood• bill of rights for settlers guaranteed
freedom of religion and trial by jury• Prohibited slavery
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Ordinance of 1785
• Procedure for the surveying and selling of western lands north of the Ohio River
• Divided territory into lots that were 6x6 miles
• A township contained 36 square miles• Individuals paid $1 an acre• Speculators saw this as a great
investment