1. Problems After the War & Division of Western Lands

2. Loss of Lives 25, 000 soldiers died 8, 000 died in battle 8,000 – 25,000 seriously wounded or disabled Population before the war 2, 418,000

3. Debt The United States spent $37 million at the national level State Debt = $114 million

4. Loyalists Suffered Left for Canada Not all of the colonies returned land to the Loyalists

5. Soldiers Left Poor Many did not receive pay or pensions Given land out west

6. Northwest Territories

7. Northwest Ordinance Created the Northwest Territory out of lands north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River 3 to 5 smaller territories populations = 60,000 = apply for statehood bill of rights for settlers guaranteed freedom of religion and trial by jury Prohibited slavery

9. Ordinance of 1785 Procedure for the surveying and selling of western lands north of the Ohio River Divided territory into lots that were 6x6 miles A township contained 36 square miles Individuals paid $1 an acre Speculators saw this as a great investment