2.   If you were starting a new society in a new place, what rules would you want to have? Law and Order

3.   Set up to keep miner’s claims protected  They hired judges, a recorder to keep track of claims, and sometimes a sheriff to enforce laws!  Settled many disputes---arguments to murder trials  Miners court’s were not prepared for the violence that came to gold camps Miners Courts

4.   Read about the violence and crime on Page 111-112 Vigilante Justice

5.   Montana was part of the Idaho territory  The U.S government needed Montana’s gold  In 163 during the civil war President Lincoln sent Sidney Edgerton to the Idaho territory to be chief justice Montana needed a Government

6.   He saw how valuable the gold fields would be to the union.  He saw that they needed there own government.  He brought back gold to bribe congressmen into turning the gold fields into its own territory.  In 1864 Sidney Edgerton became the first Governor of Montana Territory. Sidney Edgerton

7.   Read page 114  A junior state---first step toward statehood  Must have Non-Indian population of 5,000  Federal government appointed leaders  The territory law and government did not protect Indians  Many conflicts occurred over land, hunting rights, the use of water, and the right to travel through areas. What is a territory?

8.   Read pages 116-117 to find the answers to 15 and 16 Silver in Montana!!!