HIST 127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Southwest Territory, Northwest Ordinance, Continental Army
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Period of prosperit(cid:455) a(cid:374)d pea(cid:272)e us e(cid:374)jo(cid:455)ed reall(cid:455) (cid:374)eeded it. No subsequent nation born out of revolution able to enjoy. Absence of intimidating foreign threats that would undo revolution and initiate a counter revolution. European powers fighting, no time to address/focus attention on us. Tension among classes in east diluted bc migration to west. Got goods fro(cid:373) west i(cid:374)dies, e(cid:454)ported, tremendous profits 7x over. Decreed that when public land is put on the market, the basic unit would be the township (6x6 miles) Set down basic model used to oversee process by which federal territories were brought into the union as coequal states (continental areas) When population reached 5,000 adult males, election to be held for territorial legislature. When population reached 60,000, delegates could be elected to state constitutional convention. When passed by congress, got equal access/declaration as a state.
