. A history of the United States. The Northwest Territory after WaynesVictory The part given up by the Indians is shaded; that keptby the Indians is white 248 STARTING THE NEW GOVERNMENT eral Anthony Wayne, whom his soldiers liked to call MadAnthony for his bravery, but whom the Indians called thechief that never sleeps for his ceaseless energy. Waynedefeated the Indians decisively and compelled them to giveup nearly all of what is now the state of Ohio. After thisit was not so dangerous to emigrate to the West, and thenumber of settlers increased Exterior Interior A Pioneer Home in
. A history of the United States. The Northwest Territory after WaynesVictory The part given up by the Indians is shaded; that keptby the Indians is white 248 STARTING THE NEW GOVERNMENT eral Anthony Wayne, whom his soldiers liked to call MadAnthony for his bravery, but whom the Indians called thechief that never sleeps for his ceaseless energy. Waynedefeated the Indians decisively and compelled them to giveup nearly all of what is now the state of Ohio. After thisit was not so dangerous to emigrate to the West, and thenumber of settlers increased Exterior Interior A Pioneer Home in Kentucky By 1800 four hundred thousand people lived west of themountains. So many lived in Kentucky that in 1792 itwas admitted to the union of states on the same terms as theoriginal thirteen. Four years later, in 1796, Tennessee wasmade the sixteenth state. ^ Ohio was added in 1803, and theremainder of the Northwest Territory was soon divided intoIndiana, Michigan, and IlUnois Territories. QUESTIONS I. What disputes finally convinced men that a stronger government wasneeded? Who were the leaders in calling the convention at Philadelphia? • 2. What great obstacle was there to the success of the convention? Howlong did the delegates work in framing the new government? 3. What three branches of government did the new Constitution provide?Why did the leaders arrange the powers of these branches as they did? Whatnew powers, not possessed by Congress under the Articles of Confederation,were now given to the central government? ^Vermont, the fourteenth
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