7 Minnesota Newcomers

First settler to start a school.

• Harriet Bishop

• Alexander Ramsey

• Henry Sibley

A dirty old blacksmith shop crawling with rats and snakes

• Harriet Bishop's School

• MN Constitution

• Congress

Harriet Bishop's class

• Had nine students and only two spoke English

• Had 38 students and none could speak English

Between 1851-1857,

• Minnesota's population of settlers went from 6000 to 150,000

• Minnesota's population of settlers went from 300 to 1500

From 1851-1857, Minnesota's Native American Population

• stayed about 31,000

• grew from 310 to 1500

From 1890 to 2010, Maple Grove's population went from

• 1197 to about 60,000

• 50,000 to 60,000

Which office hears if Minnesota will become a Territory

• The Mayor (no)

• U.S. Congress

Who or what would lead Minnesota Territory?

• Governor

• The Mayor (Really? Mayor's govern a city, not a state.)

Becoming a territory was the needed before Minnesota became a

• nation

• state

Group of people who make laws for the United States.

• U.S. Congress (House of Representatives and the Senate)

• President