Lesson 1: The Northwest Territory Unit 3 Chapter 4 From Territory to Statehood Lesson 1: The Northwest Territory Objectives: 1.Preview and Predict Lesson 1 by looking at headings, subheadings, pictures 2.Define Vocabulary in the notebook 3.Read pages 78-81 4. Complete note taking and the Reading Skill from page 78 5.Lesson Review page 81 for Homework 6 .Work sheet pages 25-26

Ordinance – law made by a government Squatter – a person who lives on land without permission Profit – money gained Territory – area of land under the control of government

Building a Nation Page 78 Cause Effect The Revolutionary War cost the new United State a lot of money and they were in debt. The United States Government decided to sell land to pay the debt off

Measured Dividing the New Land Page 79 school squatter Land Ordinance of 1785 Divided Into Townships Land to be surveyed Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Arthur St. Claire American Indian sold Pay government debt Created the government when it was signed Rules For Statehood

Explain Ohio’s progression from Territory to Statehood (Order the 3 steps) Congress will appoint a group of leaders to govern people and territory. With a minimum population the people of a part of the territory could elect political leaders to govern them. (5,000) When the population of the district was large enough, it could be admitted as a state. (60,000)

Difficult for the government to sell the land because the price was too high Large pieces of land too big Land Sales and Settlement Page 80 Land Companies bought the land and broke it into smaller sections Families would buy the land and the Land Company would make a profit

Review Work Sheets Pages 25-26 In Class

Homework Lesson Review Page 81