US History timeline & concept chart: 1789-1860 Early Republic to Antebellum: Difference between revisions
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=== Northwest Territories and Northwest Ordinance of 1787 === | === Northwest Territories and Northwest Ordinance of 1787 === | ||
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* in | * in 1787 the Continental Congress organized land ceded by England north of the Ohio River to the Great Lakes into a "territory" | ||
** was first post-colonial "incorporated territory" = formally organized and governed by Federal government | ** was first post-colonial "incorporated territory" = formally organized and governed by Federal government | ||
* the Ordinance barred slavery in the Territories, the first national prohibition on slavery | |||
* American settlers moving into the Territory sparked conflicts with Native tribes, known as the '''Northwest Indian War''' | * American settlers moving into the Territory sparked conflicts with Native tribes, known as the '''Northwest Indian War''' | ||
** Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne, commander of the American Army and Revolutionary War hero, defeated Native resistance at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 | ** Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne, commander of the American Army and Revolutionary War hero, defeated Native resistance at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 | ||