Northwest Ordinance

though. One of the big issues it had to deal with was Americans moving out west, which in the 1770’s and 1780’s meant to places like Ohio and Indiana that were not states yet. The government managed to set up rules for these settlements in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which set up a system for eventual statehood. But most importantly, it forbade slavery in these territories. Other than that, the Articles of government was a flop. The very thing that made it so ineffective threatened to…

The Framers debated over the issue during the foundation of America because the Chesapeake wanted the slaves to count as part of the population for House representation, but the New England colonies thought the idea was unjust. The Three-Fifths Compromise was the agreed upon solution, which allowed a state to count three fifths of each Black person in determining political representation in the House. This shows that opposition to slavery was present since 1776. The opposition to slavery grew…

and foreign support to the cause of independence. Jefferson had several ideas for the performance of certain government functions while the nation was still under the governance of the Articles of Confederation. He conceived the idea for the Land Ordinance of 1785, which ordered all land surveyed and divided into thirty-six square mile townships, which are further subdivided into quadrants; this method of organizing the nation’s land is still in use today. This allowed for convenient buying and…

Even before the Constitution was established, the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 included responsibilities of the nation for an education system. Education has long been considered a national concern by the federal government. Through federal action, education has been encouraged and financially supported from the first Northwest Ordinance in 1785 to the present. Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution granted Congress the power to…

brings us wealth at a reasonable price. Slaves may be overpriced, but a great investment over time. Slavery has been legal since 1641, so why do we want to stop now? The constitution doesn’t say anything about not being able to own slaves. The Northwest Ordinances and The Missouri comprise made and passed by the United States officials allows slavery in the United States. The 10th amendment states “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the…

American Revolution DBQ The American Revolution and the years following it led to changes in American society politically, economically, socially and geographically. After the American Revolution, the government of America was created and changed. The first form of government in America was the Articles of Confederation. The Articles established the basic functions of national government in America after its newfound independence from Britain. The Articles were not strong enough to prevent…

Molly Wallace believed a woman’s role extended beyond the duties of motherhood and desired a higher position in society (Document J). Furthermore, the post Revolutionary era brought about societal progress for some slave regions. In 1787, The Northwest Ordinance declared that “There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory” (Document H). In contrast, the loyalists or the “tories,” experienced a negative change in society after the war. After the revolution,…

Document H, an article for the Northwest Land Ordinance, discusses the banning of slavery in states/territories northwest of the Ohio river valley. This represents a new concept of freedom for all, which which is a step towards permanent change for the US. However, that would not come at once. Document H while showing changes…

of the Minnesota Constitutional Convention in 1857, where he helped frame our state constitution. In 1860, he was a presidential elector with the republican ticket. Then president Lincoln appointed him superintendent of the Indian affairs in the northwest in 1861, a position he held until he resigned in 1865 in order to take charge of construction of the Southern Minnesota Railroad. In 1869, he was among the few pioneers who staked out the village of Wells on land which…

How Manifest Destiny Change the Americas In the nineteenth century, the average American believed in the popular slogan Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was the belief that God had predestined the people of America to expand across the continent of North America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. In the eighteenth century, the belief in Manifest Destiny no only made a way for physical expansion but also political, social, and economic aspects of the early United States as well. The…