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Expansion of the United States: The Northwest Ordinance and Louisiana Purchase 1785-1803

Expansion of the United States: The Northwest Ordinance and Louisiana Purchase 1785-1803. The Land Ordinance--1785. Key Features of the Northwest Land Ordinance--1785. Required land to be surveyed into townships of 6 mile squares and divided into 36 one mile square sections (640 acres)

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Expansion of the United States: The Northwest Ordinance and Louisiana Purchase 1785-1803

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  1. Expansion of the United States:The Northwest Ordinance andLouisiana Purchase1785-1803

  2. The Land Ordinance--1785

  3. Key Features of the Northwest Land Ordinance--1785 • Required land to be surveyed into townships of 6 mile squares and divided into 36 one mile square sections (640 acres) • A typical farm was equal to a ¼ section or 160 acres • One section (N16) of every township was set aside for public education

  4. The Northwest Ordinance--1787 • Established territories for expansion and guidelines for becoming new states (after they reached a population of 60,000) • Required a Representative Government • SLAVERY WAS NOT ALLOWED! • Guarantee Freedom of Religion and Rights to Trial by Jury (anticipated the Bill of Rights in 1789)

  5. France Purchases Louisiana • Louisiana was secretly dealt to France by Spain in the Treaty of Ildefonso in 1800 • Napoleon hoped to re-establish a French presence in the New World • The Haitian slave revolt eventually led to defeat of the French Army and their return to France –leaving Louisiana undefendable

  6. The Louisiana Purchase-1803 • Learning of the secret deal, Jefferson sent Robert Livingston and James Monroe to purchase Louisiana from Napoleon. Livingston Monroe Napoleon

  7. The Louisiana Purchase $$$ • Total Cost was $15 million • Doubled the size of the United States • President Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the new territory and find the source of the Missouri River (Hoping to find a Northwest Passage)

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