North by Northwest

The Northwest Territories is a large mass of Northern Canada. This territory has many advantages regarding its physical and social settings. The three factor that make the Northwest Territories an adequate territory to live in is the economy, population, and physical geography. The economic factors contribute to the Northwest Territories’ accomplishments. The main industries in the Northwest Territories are tourism and mining. Since the ground has permafrost and is unsuitable for farming and agriculture

know what the northwest territory ordinance is? The northwest ordinance, was a plan that would allow the U.S to expand its boundaries out to the Pacific, it was adopted on july 13 1787. That plan was made by the second Continental Congress. Before the northwest ordinance plan was in motation there was another plan also made my the Continental Congress "Resolution on Public Lands." The northwest territory ordinance was the first ordinance made. It was made to get all the states north of the ohio

During the 19th Century, America developed more in the South and North than in the West, growing and populating quickly, but leaving the West behind. This Century was marked by the collapsing of Holy Roman, Mughal Empires, and the First and Second French and Chinese. This extravagant century lasted from 1801 to 1900, with the British starting to rise as an Industrial Power. The Northwest Ordinance, or the Ordinance of 1784, was a big controversy in post-revolutionary America, insisting that all

government created the Northwest Mounted Police (NWMP), a group of officers who had jurisdiction on the West coast. The NWMP were successfully able to stop and prevent the illegal whiskey trade plaguing the West, prevented the annexation of Canada’s western land, and most of all brough law and order to the “lawlessness” that existed in the West. These brave men made the West a safer place for settlers. In the early 1870s American traders came from America into the Northwest of Canada and they were

The abundance of inexpensive land in the Northwest Territory gave opportunities to make a living for many people who came. However, life in the Northwest was daily challenging to live in back then, as a settler came in to settle down in those lands, they had to fight against Native Americans as well as with the environment. However, eventually as more and more settlers came into the land, towns and cities developed from trading posts as transportation improved and populations increased. Indians and

The Northwest Ordinance is considered if not, one of the most important legislative acts of the Confederation Congress. Officially titled “An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States North West of the River Ohio” the Northwest Ordinance was a document adopted by the Confederation Congress. Sometimes known as the Ordinance of 1787, adopted July 13, 1787, by the Second Continental Congress established a government for the Northwest Territory. This ordinance outlined the process

The English, French, and Dutch all sent sailors to explore the coast of North America in the late 1500's and the early 1600's. They were told to find a Northwest Passage and report it back and the passage was a direct water route between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean through North America. All the explorers could not find it but they had other outcomes and long lasting effects. For example, John Cabot was the first explorer sent to look for the passage and he came for England. He did not find anything

There is much history that occurred during the 1700-1800’s time period in North America. The conflicts that had arisen were caused by arguments and disagreements among various borders. Involved were the Native people of the Pacific Northwest against the European and American explorers. There were also compromises between world powers over borders. Those conflicts included Spain VS. Russia in the sea otter fur trade, the Nootka Sound Controversy and Lewis and Clark along their journey to

Canada’s North is often seen as the country’s national identity. In actuality, it stems far beyond the isolated land of picturesque vistas used to often describe Canada’s rugged landscape. The lived Canadian environment reflects a regional perspective that does not encompass the true reality of the country as a whole. The North links the diversity of Indigenous peoples to the land they have occupied for centuries, a place where they have built their own distinct culture, language and identity. Those

was founded. In 1652 when fur trade was cut off because of the Iroquois, and word came of furs in the North Bay or Hudson’s Bay. Upon hearing this, De Groseillier travels with the Hurons