Northwest Territories

49, James Polk was more youthful than any past president when he went into the White House. A compulsive worker, America 's new CEO set an aggressive plan with four noteworthy objectives: cut taxes, restore a free U.S. Treasury, secure the Oregon Territory and get the domains of California and New Mexico from Mexico. Polk in the end accomplished every one of his objectives. He was a champion of show destiny–the conviction that the United States was destined to grow over the North American…

gave England control. Politics- Canada is a federation of ten provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan) and three territories (Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut). Formally considered a constitutional kingdom, Canada is governed by its own House of Commons. While the governor-general is officially the representative of Queen Elizabeth II, in reality the governor-general…

Journal Activity 2.4: Risk and resilience factors for child mental health There are many resources that are uncovered through a basic internet search for the terms ‘child mental health risk factors’ and ‘child mental health resilience’. Some of the sources are scholarly and peer reviewed while others are more popular and mainstream in nature. In order to enhance my previous learning in the course, I selected to review scholarly resources from a number of research journals as well as…

When people think about the first people in America, they might think of Christopher Columbus or the European colonists; when, in fact, the first people were the Native Americans. Cherokee legend says that the Cherokee came from the far away northwest. Centuries ago, some people probably did come from Siberia. Some moved further south and became known as the Indians of South America. Many stayed in North America. The Cherokee Indians had lived in the lands of what is now the United States for…

welfare and protection of the general public. The Land of Ordinances of 1785 was when Congress did not have the power to raise revenue by direct taxation of the population of the United States, while the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was an act implementing the government of the Northwest Territory and setting forth the steps by which it can become states. Before the Constitution was written, both of these…

dominant debate within the historiography is related to the idea of sovereignty, and to what extent the construction of the highway threatened Canadian sovereignty. Historians have used the Alaska Highway to discuss American presence in the Canadian Northwest, frequently leveraging it as a case study for the dubious nature of the American government’s intent in the region. Peter Pigott argues that the battle of sovereignty in the north was one that pitted Canada against the United States, as…

1776, a document was signed that said that all men were created equal but somehow left out African Americans. The seeds of the sectional conflict were laid with the creation of the Northwest Ordinance in 1787. These soon to be five states would be called free states making the rest of the nation slave states (“Northwest Ordinance 1787” 1). This act drew lines in the sand that separated that part of the country from the south morally…

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, those who were loyal to the British were despised…

Can you guess where in the world this destination is from the clues below? Word Clue This is a country where St Patrick’s Day is a National Holiday…but it’s not Ireland. That’s because the Irish settled here and perhaps it reminded them of their lush, green homeland and that the geography of this country bears a striking resemblance to coastal Ireland (if coastal Ireland had black sand beaches). But the phenomenon that really put this area on the map was a massive, devastating volcanic…

the eastern seaboard, opening vital ports for American trade. After already annexing West Florida from the French government, President James Monroe sent John Quincy Adams to hash out negotiate with Spanish official Luis de Onís for the eastern territory in 1817. Negotiations were initially unsuccessful and Spain even seeks European aid in halting American expansion. France and England, both embroiled with war, did not have the time or money to collide with Spain and once again Americans were…