Northwest Territory

of Japan. The Rocky Mountains/Canadian Rockies run down the border of Alberta and British Columbia and extend into the United States rising over 14,000 feet. The Mackenzie and Selwyn mountains farther north along the border between the Northwest and Yukon territories are often included in the Canadian Rockies. North of this region, the surface of the province is of the most fertile soil, with ordinary rainfall sufficing for agriculture. Alberta is one of Canada’s prairie provinces, and is a…

In the early years of her existence, America was not strongly influenced by anyone but her founders’ thoughts on how a nation should be run. However, throughout the years 1776-1860, America was strongly influenced by European affairs, especially with the Alien and Sedition Acts. Along with the Alien and Sedition Acts, the Louisiana Purchase and Embargo of 1807 heavily influenced America as well, however, on a smaller level. During 1798, America underwent an extreme makeover when President…

The Canadian government sent surveyors to plot out pieces of land for resale. The Metis decide to fight back and they turn away a survey team. Macdonald became frustrated and as a response sent Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest territories, William Macdougall. As said by Macdonald "I anticipate that he (Macdougall) will have a good deal of trouble, and it will require considerable management to keep those wild people quiet." This furthers the point that Macdonald saw the Metis…

American forces began setting a perimeter around the Capitol, Seoul, in order for the UN to begin sending troops in to aid the American forces. In mid September 1950 US X (10) Corps, accompanied by US Marines, sailed from Japan to Inchon, on the northwest coast of South Korea. On September 15th 1950, the Marines captured the port; this was a huge turning point in the war. The troops who landed in Inchon were able to cut off the North Koreans in the Pusan Perimeter area from those who were north…

colonists were going to push them off their lands when expanding westward. This proclamation delivered that colonists and land speculators were restricted from any land west of the top of the river that flowed into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest. However, the “colonial land speculators” were furious because their claims were denied and they couldn’t rent from residents already on the land that they had purchased in the Ohio Valley. Coming out of the French and Indian War, the…

Their historic range covered most of central North America, but now only range freely in the Northwest Territories, northeast British Colombia, Wyoming, and Alaska. There are an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 that currently roam on public lands. However, private herds may contain up to 10 times the number on public lands. Large herds used to migrate up to 200…

before and after he left his home community to attend residential school, drastically differed. In his early years Jose Kusugak attended a residential school. During his early years Jose Kasugak grew up in Repulse Bay, a small village in the Northwest Territories. Michael’s family lived a very traditional lifestyle. They travel by a dog team and lived in igloos and tents in the summer. Growing up he did not speak a word of English, he had no access to books as a child. “Every night, my grandma…

The articles of confederation was a government set in the revolutionary war in america that only lasted between 1777 through the constitutional convention of 1787 to replace it. It is a government that failed and was later replaced by the current form of government, the constitution. There were many things the articles of confederation achieved and failed on. It was a government created in the fear of a powerful central government, caused by England's tyranny. The way the articles of…

preserve the delicate balance. These resolutions included the Northwest Ordinance, high protective tariffs, and most importantly, The Compromise of 1850. The United States was evenly divided with fifteen free states and fifteen slave states through the Compromise of 1850, until the additions of new territories resulted from the Mexican War. The balance was in jeopardy and the United…

The Western United States, commonly referred to as the American West, traditionally refers to the region comprising of the westernmost states of the United States. European settlement in the United States expanded westward after its founding, meaning that the meanings of the West has evolved over time. The history of the American West in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has acquired a cultural mythos in the literature of the United States, The image of the cowboy, the homesteader and…