HIST 2610 1st Edition Lecture 18 Outline of Last Lecture The Battles of SaratogaOutline of Current Lecture The Critical PeriodUnited States in 1783Ordinance of 1787Current LectureThe Critical Period (1781-1789)-Fear -Financial Problems-Law and Order - some states going to war with other states!-Real authority-Foreign nationsAccomplishments of the ConfederationUnited States in 1783-Ordinance of 1785-Division into 6 mile by 6 mile townships. They were divided into 1 mile by 1 mile sections. -Who could afford to buy these who sections of land? Land investors from land companiesOrdinance of 1787-known as the Northwest ordinance-Supposed to organize the old northwest into a territory -it also provided for a plan of government-congress would provide a temporary government for this territoryThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.-with 5,000 makes a territorial legislature could be elected-this Ordinance solved the problem of how do we accept pieces of land into the country as states. -when there are 60,000 people it can apply to become a state-Assured that there are no superior or inferior states. TEST
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