Strategic Alliances and Trail of Broken Treaties 1700-1799

1787

U.S. declares Ohio Valley open to settlers

Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Image: Library of Congress
Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Image: Library of Congress

U.S. declares Ohio Valley open to settlers. Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, opening the Ohio Valley to American settlement. Members of the Western Lakes Confederacy utilize armed resistance to protect their land (Nies, 1996).

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Native Resistance

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