1. Growth of a Nation
Unit 4A
Mrs. Trapp

2. Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance created the Northwest Territory, the first U.S. territory outside of the original states.
Included present day Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana
Showed Americans that the government intended to promote westward expansion and migration.
Banned slavery in NW Territory
Made the Ohio River the boundary between slave and free states
Mandated establishment of public schools

3. Northwest Territory
Note the Ohio River which shows the boundary between slave states and free states.

4. NW Ordinance Stages to becoming a state:
Congress will appoint a territorial governor and judges.
5,000 voting residents --> settlers can write temporary constitution and elect government
60,000 voting residents --> settlers can write state constitution which would be approved by Congress before statehood is granted

5. Louisiana Purchase
The French ruler Napoleon controlled New Orleans and much of the land west of the Mississippi River.
Jefferson sent James Monroe to France to negotiate the sale of this land to the U.S.
In 1803, Napoleon agreed to sell this land for $15 million.
Nearly doubled the size of the U.S.

6. Louisiana Purchase
Nearly doubled the size of the U.S.

7. Lewis and Clark
Jefferson commissioned Lewis and Clark to explore the western lands to the Pacific Ocean.
Started near St. Louis, MO and traveled up the Missouri River.
Charted trails west, mapped rivers and mountain ranges, recorded facts about Native populations.
Opened up the floodgates to western expansion.

8. Route taken by Lewis and Clark

9. The War of 1812
France and England were fighting over control of Atlantic trade.
American merchant ships were caught up in the conflict and some were captured by both the French and the British