| A | B |
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| Treaty of Paris | Officially names the U.S.A as a new country. |
| debt | when something is owed, often money. |
| Northwest Territory | - used to help pay debts from the war. |
| territory | is an area owned and governed by a country. |
| ordinance | is a law |
| Land Ordinance of 1785 | Told how the Northwest Territory would be surveyed, or measured |
| township | One of the squares of land that the Northwest Territory was divided into by the Land Ordinance of 1785. |
| Northwest Ordinance | Passed in 1787, by congress, to set up a plan for governing the Northwest Territory. |
| right | is a freedom that belongs to a person |
| Arthur St. Clair | Governor of the Northwest Territory. His job was to stop the fighting between settlers and Native Americans |
| Treaty of Fort Harmar | Tribes gave up much of their lands. Many Native American’s weren’t at the treaty talks, so most ignored the treaty. |
| Marietta | The first town in what would become the Ohio Territory. It started in 1788 with about 50 settlers. |
| Rebecca Fuller Carter | First European family to settle in what became Cleveland in 1797 |
| Unite | join together |
| Michikinikwa | also known as Little Turtle belonged to the Miami tribe |
| Josiah Harmar | A general sent to attack the Miami and the Shawnee. |
| Blue Jacket | A Shawnee leader who defeated Harmar’s soldiers |
| Anthony Wayne | Commander of western forces |
| Battle of Fallen Timbers | Battle between western forces and Native Americans. The Native Americans lost. |
| Treaty of Greenville | Gave the United States most of the Native American lands in Ohio. |
