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=== Indian wars in Northwest territories === | === Indian wars in Northwest territories === | ||
[[File:United States land claims and cessions 1782-1802.png|thumb|The state cessions that eventually allowed for the creation of the territories north and southwest of the River Ohio]] | |||
* Northwest Territories consisted of the '''Ohio Valley''' and Great Lakes regions south of Canada | |||
** the land was ceded by the British in the '''Treaty of Paris''' of 1783 that ended the American Revolution. | |||
** VA, MA, NY PA and CT claimed parts of the territory, often in conflict with one another's claims | |||
*** in 1708, the Continental Congress extended the '''Mason-Dixon''' westward and defined the western border of PA, leaving the land west, the Ohio Valley, federal territory | |||
**** the Mason-Dixon line marked the southern borders of PA with DE, MD, VA (including what is now WV); it was named for the surveyors who marked it | |||
***** the Mason-Dixon line became known as boundary between northern free and southern slave states | |||
* British military outposts maintained presence in the Territories through the end of the War of 1812 | |||
** the northernmost corner of the Territories, in present MN, is known as the Nortwestner Angle or "the Angle" (see [[https://school4schools.com/wiki/index.php?title=Geography_fun_facts_%26_oddities#Enclaves_.26_exclaves Geography fun facts & oddities]] | |||
* American settlers put pressure on Native Indian land holdings | * American settlers put pressure on Native Indian land holdings | ||
* Britain armed Native American tribes | * Britain armed Native American tribes | ||