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Division of Northwest Territory and Shays' Rebellion

Learn about the organization of the Northwest Territory and the impact of Shays' Rebellion on the need for a stronger national government.

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Division of Northwest Territory and Shays' Rebellion

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  1. UNIT 3 SHAYS' REBELLION AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY

  2. The United States gained a huge new area after the Revolutionary War Now had to decide how to divide it up into existing states or new ones

  3. NORTHWESTERRITORY

  4. The Northwest Territory was surveyed into organized sections a TOWNSHIP was a 36 square mile area

  5. TOWNSHIP 6 miles 6 miles

  6. 1 TOWNSHIP = 36 SQUARE MILES Section #16 was usually reserved for the public school of the township

  7. The _____________________________ (1787) described how the Northwest Territory was to be governed. As the territory grew in population, it would gain the rights to self-government. When there were ______ free males in an area, men who owned at least _______ acres of land could elect an assembly. When they were _________ people, they could apply to become a new state. NORTHWEST ORDINANCE 5,000 50 60,000

  8. NORTHWEST TERRITORY

  9. Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin Ohio Illinois Indiana

  10. The organization of the Northwest Territory was important because it created an orderly plan to settle a new area of the United States.

  11. SHAYS' REBELLION WHEN: January of 1787

  12. SHAYS' REBELLION WHERE: Massachusetts

  13. SHAYS' REBELLION WHY: Farmers were in great debt and were upset about high taxes – if could not pay taxes they were put in jail

  14. Every state was having economic trouble in the mid 1780’s An average family paid $200 a year in taxes – more than most people made in a year

  15. DANIEL SHAYS leads a rebellion of about 1,500 men, mostly farmers They are upset about paying high taxes and want debt relief from the government

  16. Government does not help them They gather and march on a federal arsenal – a storage place for weapons

  17. About 900 state militia men stop the uprising The general public sides with the farmers Very close to having chaos because of taxes

  18. SHAYS’ REBELLION

  19. SHAYS' REBELLION RESULT: The uprising is stopped Shays is pardoned years later

  20. SHAYS' REBELLION LASTING EFFECT: America realizes they need a stronger national government if they are to survive as a country.

  21. THE END

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