George Rogers Clark is known as the "Conqueror of the Old Northwest" because he led the successful military campaign that claimed the Northwest Territory for America from the British. This territory was bounded by the Great Lakes to the north and east, the Ohio River to the south, and the Mississippi River to the west.
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George Roger Clark captured territory that expanded America to the north and west. He was known as the "Conqueror of the Old Northwest."
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George Roger Clark captured territory that expanded America to the north and west. He was known as the "Conqueror of the Old Northwest."
He was a Patriot, and in some way he helped the Patriots win the Revolutionary War. On February 25, 1779, the British surrendered Fort Sackville in the Illinois territory to Georg Rogers Clark and his troops. The reinforced the colonial claims to the frontier lands, which nearly doubled the size of the colonial territory according to the National Parks Service George Rogers Clark site. (See attached link.)
George F. Rogers died in 1948.