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Vocabulary
History Chapter 2 Lesson 2
Term | Definition |
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ordinance | is a law |
surveyed | measured land |
territory | an area of land owned by a country |
slavery | the practice of forcing people to work without pay |
Arthur St. Clair | 1st governor of the Northwest Territory |
Little Turtle | Miami Indians leader who lead an attack on the American soldiers |
Blue Jacket | Shawnee Indian leader who lead an attack on the American soldiers |
Treaty of Greenville | The Treaty of Greenville was signed in 1795 after the Battle of Fallen Timbers and ended the Northwest Indian War. The Native Americans lost land in the present day Ohio area to the American settlers. |
Battle of Fallen Timbers | was the final battle of the Northwest Indian War, a struggle between Native American tribes affiliated with the Western Confederacy and their British allies, against the nascent United States for control of the Northwest Territory. |