Excerpt from The Laws of the Northwest Territory: 1788-1800 TO understand the laws of the Northwest Territory for the period when Illinois was a part of it, one must know both the situation they were framed to meet and how that situation had come about. At the close of the French régime small French settlements were scattered through the western part of the region. The more important were along the Illinois bank of the Mississippi some forty miles south from the mouth of the Missouri, at Vincennes and the present Lafayette, Indiana, at Detroit, at Mackinac, and at Green Bay. The contest between France and Great Britain for the upper Ohio valley had led to the war of 1756 - 1763; and England's triumph had given her all her rival's possessions east of the Mississippi. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Legal history thesis focusing on the territorial administration of the U.S. government as manifested in laws passed by the U.S. Congress covering such issues as regulations of the Ohio Company, militia, marriage, settlement of Indians, poor relief, orphans, and land claims.

Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of “The Federalist Papers”, a collection of separate essays and articles compiled in 1788 by Alexander Hamilton. Following the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776, the governing doctrines and policies of the States lacked cohesion. “The Federalist”, as it was previously known, was constructed by American statesman Alexander Hamilton, and was intended to catalyse the ratification of the United States Constitution. Hamilton recruited fellow statesmen James Madison Jr., and John Jay to write papers for the compendium, and the three are known as some of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755–1804) was an American lawyer, journalist and highly influential government official. He also served as a Senior Officer in the Army between 1799-1800 and founded the Federalist Party, the system that governed the nation’s finances. His contributions to the Constitution and leadership made a significant and lasting impact on the early development of the nation of the United States.

The essays and annotations in this publication provide an opportunity for citizens and students to consider not only the history of the Northwest Ordinance but also basic and enduring issues in U.S. political life. The book is divided into three main parts. The first part provides a background to the Ordinance and its passage by the Confederation Congress. In the lead essay, Andrew Cayton discusses the Ordinance from the perspective of the Indians, Anglo-Americans, and French, who lived on the frontier. In an accompanying essay Robert M. Taylor, Jr. introduces the relatively unknown men who voted on the Ordinance legislation in the Confederation Congress. The second part of the book comprises commentaries on specific sections and articles of the Ordinance itself. In the third part of the book Patrick Furlong discusses the transformation of a paper plan into a functioning government. He details the resulting problems and delays, the strife among officials, the divisions of the territory, and the quests for statehood. This volume also includes a chronology of events, a 66-item selected bibliography, illustrations, and a series of maps, all related to the Northwest Ordinance and the Northwest Territory. (SM)