Oct. 9, 2024-The Great Compromise and Three Fifth Compromise

To escape persecution, Roger Williams left Massachusetts and founded Rhode Island.

• Maryland

• Religious toleration

• Saratoga

• Unalienable rights

Turning point of the war; France supported the Americans.

• Maryland

• Religious toleration

• Saratoga

• Unalienable rights

Founded for Catholics seeking religious freedom.

• Maryland

• Religious toleration

• Saratoga

• Unalienable rights

Rights all people are born with: life, liberty, pursuit of happiness.

• Maryland

• Religious toleration

• Saratoga

• Unalienable rights

The primary goal of the Northwest Ordinance was to -

• establish a procedure for adding states to the U.S.

• prevent Native Americans from legitimately owning land

• abolish old British and French forts still remaining in the area

• create a means for transporting settlers to western settlements

Which details best explain the Northwest Ordinance? Select three correct answers. Check all that apply.

• Freedom of religion and trial by jury were freedoms provided

• Once the population reached 60,000, the territory could apply to be a state

• Slavery was forbidden in the Northwest Territory

• If any gold or silver were found, it must be turned over to the state

After the end of the Revolutionary War, states were eager to expand into newly available territory. The states of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Virginia argued over competing claims to land west of the Appalachian Mountains. This conflict was addressed by the -

• Missouri Compromise

• Wilmot Proviso

• Northwest Ordinance

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Continental Congress issued this commission to -

• Benedict Arnold

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Hancock

• George Washington