Expansion of Expansion of the United States:the United States:

The Northwest Ordinance The Northwest Ordinance andand

Louisiana PurchaseLouisiana Purchase1785-18031785-1803

The Land Ordinance--1785The Land Ordinance--1785

Key Features of the Northwest Key Features of the Northwest Land Ordinance--1785Land Ordinance--1785

• Required land to be surveyed into townships of 6 mile squares and divided into 36 one mile square sections

(640 acres)• A typical farm was equal to a ¼ section or

160 acres• One section (N16) of every township was

set aside for public education

The Northwest Ordinance--1787The Northwest Ordinance--1787• Established territories for expansion and

guidelines for becoming new states (after they reached a population of 60,000)

• Required a Representative Government• SLAVERY WAS NOT ALLOWED!• Guarantee Freedom of Religion and

Rights to Trial by Jury (anticipated the Bill of Rights in 1789)

France Purchases Louisiana France Purchases Louisiana

• Louisiana was secretly dealt to France by Spain in the Treaty of Ildefonso in 1800

• Napoleon hoped to re-establish a French presence in the New World

• The Haitian slave revolt eventually led to defeat of the French Army and their return to France –leaving Louisiana undefendable

The Louisiana Purchase-1803The Louisiana Purchase-1803• Learning of the secret deal, Jefferson sent

Robert Livingston and James Monroe to purchase Louisiana from Napoleon.Livingston Monroe Napoleon

The Louisiana Purchase $$$The Louisiana Purchase $$$

• Total Cost was $15 million• Doubled the size of the United States• President Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis

and Clark to explore the new territory and find the source of the Missouri River (Hoping to find a Northwest Passage)