Northwest Territory

The first forms of self-government that the States had were The Articles of Confederation. During the time when the Articles were in effect they were used to test their effectiveness. The Article of Confederation effectiveness was tested through foreign relations, economic conditions, and how they settled the western lands. Western Lands In the Articles there was a system established on how to deal with the western lands. The government had the responsibility finding a way of having an orderly…

Post Expedition After the Corps of Discovery returned home, Lewis returned to Jefferson having completed most of what he set out to do. The Rocky Mountains had disproven the existence of the Northwest Passage. Fortunately, the group had completed their other objectives. The men brought home a plethora of recently discovered plant samples and animal sketches. These samples would prove invaluable in further research. The Corps was also able to accurately chart the lands they visited. They…

themselves as a 1strict slavery state or a slavery-free state. The Missouri Compromise, originally intended as a type of accommodation for the two debating sides in 1820, forbade slavery in new states which 6resided north of the border of the Arkansas territory, excluding Missouri. The slavery debate 3remained calm. Unfortunately, in order to please the pro-slavery states, the Fugitive Slave Act passed in 1850, which required citizens to assist people in recovering their fugitive slaves.…

The Oregon territory dispute started between the Americans and British in 1818. Oregon was the next territory the Americans were looking to take over, due to its “fertile soil.” (Shi & Tindall) With the nation's people rushing to those lands it caused an Oregon fever that swept through the country. The settlers came up with wagon trains that made the trip to Oregon much easier. The idea of the manifest destiny would help the Americans take the entire continent of North America. The one problem…

Throughout history, the search for the Northwest Passage brought many explorers to the Canadian Arctic. The English seaman, Martin Frobisher, was the first explorer to make this journey. In 1576, he arrived on Baffin Island, part of the modern day territory of Nunavut. After arriving in the arctic, he made contact with a group of Inuit. Due to their isolation, this is one of the first contacts the Inuit had made with outsiders. Of course, as word of the Northwest Passage spread, a large number…

they are predominately known for their historic expedition along the Mississippi River to the Coast of Oregon in what is widely known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Their achievements would later be used to argue that the U.S owned the Pacific Northwest while the expedition also paved the way westward for American expansion into the Pacific (Miller, 2008, 4). As a result, Lewis and Clark played a pivotal role in providing scientific data and documentation that will remain forever relevant…

activity: 1.) How closely does your map reflect what actually happened? For the most part, the map composed during our class period did not closely reflect what actually occurred in Africa. The French empire was on the money, conquering predominantly Northwest Africa in both maps. However, during our class period the British had conquered an insignificant amount of land in comparison to what they were supposed to have controlled, with almost no presence in Africa. In history, Great Britain took…

Mississippi River. A few decades later in 1846 through 1848 “The Mexican War was the first in which an American army invaded another country and occupied its capital” (Foner 374). With the U.S. Mexican War and the Louisiana Purchase there was new territory with a lack of jurisdiction. Lincoln as stated before did not want the war to be about slavery but within a couple of years into the war he had no other option then to create the Emancipation Proclamation. Even before the Proclamation was…

members of the congress from Pennsylvania. The farming regions had suffered some damage to all their markets for grain, cotton, and tobacco in New England. There were other explanations for the vote that they had were they Indians attack in the Old Northwest. They were blamed on the British agent. There were conflicts with the Indians. On the Tippecanoe River, Tecumseh traveled to the Gulf of Mexico from Canada to go form a confederate of tribes to defend the Indian hunting grounds. Tecumseh…

of the Peter Blow family. Furthermore, the text suggest that Dred Scott was passed around to several different slave owners, one of which lived in territories that prohibited slave ownership. For example, the text points out that Scott Dred was sold to John Emerson who worked throughout Illinois, and the Wisconsin territories, under which the Northwest Ordinances prohibited slavery. Therefore, it is suggested in the text that Dred Scott got a view of what freedom looked like, thus he filed a…