Question of the control of the Mississippi valley. Impor- Who The Quebec Act. The struggle for the West. campaign against the western settlers. Cherokees attack Watauga settlements. Boonesborough threatened. George Rogers Clark and his northwest expeditions. Capture of Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Vincennes. Terms with the In- dians. Vincennes taken by the British. Indian desertions to the British. Vincennes again in the hands of the Amer- CHAPTER Spanish jealousy of westward expansion. The western limits PAGES The early English charter limits. The claims of the States to western lands. Disputes between larger and smaller States. The western lands and the constitution. The plea of Mary- land. Opinion in Congress. Maryland refuses to ratify the constitution. New York agrees to relinquish its claims. Committee of Congress treats with States for a modification of their claims. Congress resolves to parcel the lands into States. Virginia yields its claim. Maryland enters the con- federation. Massachusetts cedes its lands. Connecticut's shrewd bargain as to the Western Reserve. The Fire Lands." The whole Northwest Territory acquired by the Union. South Carolina's cession. Terms of same. Con- flict in case of Georgia's lands. Government of the ceded territory. Jefferson's plan. The question of slavery pro- hibition. The Ordinances of 1784 and 1787. Land system The Difficulties of government in pioneer settlements. Condition of the The rectangular system of surveys. Value of the system. CHAPTER Freedom of worship. Religious liberty. Individual liberty. the Ordinance. PAGES Colonial land speculation. Methods of the promoters. The Walpole Company. Franklin's controversy with Hills- borough. Early settlements in the Ohio country. The Sus- quehanna Company. Fate of the early companies. The Ohio Company of Associates. Its origin. Work of Manasseh Cutler. Relations of the Company to the Ordinance of 1787. The lands granted to the Company. Preparation for settle- ment. Founding of Marietta. The Scioto Company. Its territory. Financial methods of the Company. The work of Barlow in France. Gallipolis founded. Failure of the scheme. Symmes's Purchase. Its acquisition. Settlements in this purchase. The beginnings of Cincinnati. The West- ern Reserve. The Fire Lands." The Connecticut Land Company's purchase. The founding of Cleveland. Ques- VII THE ORGANIZATION AND ADMISSION OF THE FIRST NEW STATES TO THE UNION 107-126 The "District of Kentucky." Its government. Desire for Shelby, first governor. Kentucky compared with Franklin. VIII THE TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES SOUTH OF THE OHIO, AND THE ADMIS- Watauga and Franklin. Dissatisfaction as to the navigation lature. Educational establishments. Desire for statehood. Arthur St. Clair the first governor. Reception at Marietta. Legislative activity. Territorial laws approved by Congress. The judiciary department. The Indian problem. The treaty of Fort Harmer. Har- mer's unfortunate campaign. St. Clair's defeat. overthrows Indian power. Treaty of Greeneville. stage of territorial government. First General Assembly. The Legislative Council. General character of the laws. Questions of land holdings and boundaries. Harrison dele- gate to Congress. Modification of land laws. Political parties. Division of the Territory. Removal of capital. Towns incorporated. A university established. Statehood and State boundaries. The question of the capital again. Separation of Indiana. Harrison governor. Boundaries of Indiana. The French population. Slavery in Indiana. Michigan Territory. Illinois admitted. Admission of Michi- gan. Wisconsin Territory organized. Incorporated into Petition for its admission. The boundary line. of the powers of Congress over the admission. tional Convention. Proposed boundaries of Ohio. Act. The bargain with the United States. delegates. St. Clair's address. Dismissal of St. Clair from office. His later history. The constitution. Impotence of the governor. Slavery. Land taxation. Date of admission. |