Articles related to "Northwestern Territory"

The Northwest Ordinance was an effort to curtail white settlement on Indian lands and establish a set of rules for future expansion.

After his first defeat, American President George Washington ordered an even larger invasion of Indian territory in 1791.

In the summer of 1793, Indian representatives and U.S. commissioners gathered in Sandusky, Ohio to discuss a settlement to the Ohio Indian Wars...

William Henry Harrison did not last long as President, but prior to that he was a war hero and one of America's most prolific politicians.