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Ohio’s Northwest Land Claims and Clarke’s Frontier Role
The article traces competing royal and colonial land claims to the Northwest, Virginia cession in 1784, and the 1784 treaty with the Six Nations establishing the Northwest Territory. It highlights Major George Rogers Clarke as a foundational figure, comparing him to Daniel Boone and detailing his bold missions to secure western settlements for the fledgling Republic.
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South Sea
John Smith
Virginia
China
Connecticut
Narraganset River
Massachusetts
Long Island Sound
New York
Wm. Penn
Pennsylvania
Northwest
Massachussetts
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Samuel Hardy
Arthur Lee
James Monroe
United States
Northwest Territory
George Rogers Clarke
West
Scioto
Little Miami
Great West
State of
Ohio
Northwestern Territory
George Washington
Daniel Boone
Kentucky
Oho
Albemarle County
Alleghenies
Mississippi Valley
Republic
Great Britain
House of Burgesses
Patrick Enry
Williamsburg
Pittsburg
Illinois
Kaskaskia
Vincent
Cahokia
Illinois County
Ohio River
Lakes
The
Baron Steuben
Arnold
Louisville