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Across
  1. 4. surveyors divided the new territory into townships and sections
  2. 5. the month the Land Ordinance of 1785 was passed
  3. 7. (challenge) the number of squatters the U.S. wanted in the territory
  4. 8. the early U.S. government did not have the power to collect taxes from citizens
  5. 9. Northwest Ordinance passed in the year 1787
  6. 10. squatters were unauthorized settlers living in the new territory
  7. 13. Congress America’s only central government in the first years after the Revolution
  8. 14. both squatters and Native Americans resisted moving off the land
  9. 15. Owned the Northwest Territory before 1783; America fought them during Revolutionary War
  10. 16. Gen. Josiah Harmar was the first man sent to talk with squatters and Native Americans
  11. 19. Land Ordinance of 1785 & Northwest Ordinance were laws passed about the new territory
  12. 21. Americans had lived in the new territory for centuries; did not want to leave their lands
  13. 23. the U.S. restricted Native Americans to smaller areas of land
  14. 26. not allowed in the new territory
  15. 27. the new territory used to be part of this British province
  16. 29. the U.S. government needed money so it decided to sell land in the new territory
  17. 30. as soon as the land was available many settlers moved there
  18. 32. divisions 6 miles square directed by the Land Ordinance of 1785
  19. 33. new territory was obtained after war with Great Britain; U.S. didn’t want war with Native Americans
  20. 34. individual states had to cede their claims to the new land to the U.S.
  21. 35. the maximum number of states the new territory could be divided into
Down
  1. 1. the U.S. tried to negotiate with the Native Americans
  2. 2. Native Americans sometimes resorted to violence to defend their land
  3. 3. People debated what should happen to the new territory
  4. 4. lived on the new land without authorization and didn’t want to leave
  5. 6. Turtle chief of the Miami people who led successful battles against U.S. troops.
  6. 11. Making the new territory part of the United States
  7. 12. the U.S. wanted to sell pieces of the new territory
  8. 17. War was expensive so America hoped the Native Americans would sign treaties
  9. 18. many people feared a central government with too much power
  10. 20. surveyors measured the divisions using a compass and chain
  11. 22. Got ownership of the new land; forced Native Americans out
  12. 24. The Northwest Ordinance set up a government for the new territory
  13. 25. at first there were issues about ownership of the new territory
  14. 28. (challenge) Americans probably lacked knowledge about Native American values
  15. 31. agreements where the Native Americans agreed to give up their claims to the land