| A | B |
|---|
| confederation | a group united for one purpose |
| ordinance | a law made by a government |
| territory | an area of land under the control of a government |
| Northwest Territory | territory created in 1787, Ohio was part of this territory |
| squatter | a person who lives on land without permission |
| frontier | the edge between settled and unsettled areas |
| Losantiville | the first name of Cincinnati |
| Tecumseh | Shawnee chief who formed a confederation with American Indians against the Americans |
| Frontier Wars | a series of battles, Indians versus the settlers, fighting over land rights |
| Blue Jacket | Shawnee leader who led the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers |
| General Anthony Wayne | defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers |
| War of 1812 | Americans versus the British, Indians sided with the British |
| Oliver Hazard Perry | American navy captain who defeated the British at the Battle of Lake Erie |
| Treaty of Greenville | the Indians signed this treaty after their defeat at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, the Indians were forced to give up 2/3 of their land in Ohio |
| Ohio Country | after the Revolutionary War both Indians and squatters and American Indians were living here |
| Constitution | plan for government |
| Apply for statehood | Ohio did this after they had 60,000 Americans living in Ohio, set state borders, and wrote a Constitution |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | set up rules for how land the U.S. gained after the Revolutionary War would be divided |
