The Northwest Territory was to be given away by British forces under the treaty of Pairs in 1783. However, the American Indian tribes in Northwest Territories put up a strong resistance and refused to be ruled over by American forces while the British helped them. In first attempt the American forces had to bear large number of casualties during war, however a later attempt to gain control proved to be successful.
The greatest threat to the American expansion in the Northwest territories were the Native Americans who were supplied with guns by the British.
To protect their land
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the Treaty of Greenville.
To protect their land
The leaders of American Indian and U.S. forces in the conflict in the Northwest Territory were Little Turtle and Arthur St. Clair
The leaders of American Indian and U.S. forces in the conflict in the Northwest Territory were Little Turtle and Arthur St. Clair
The American state of Alaska is north of British Columbia as are the Canadian territories of Yukon the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Yukon and the Northwest Territories directly border BC on the north.
An act of the continental congress establishing the method of governing the Northwest Territory.
the Treaty of Greenville.
the Louisiana purchase, the Mexican American war won California and other territory in the south west, and then the Gadsden purchase.