Legislation


 * The North West Ordinance
 * judiciary act

Native American related policies

 * 1809 At frort Wayne a treaty was set up that gave the united states 3 million acers of indian tribal land for roughly 7000 dollars
 * Indian Removal Act of 1830
 * This act was passed down by congress to Andrew Jackson, after approved the native americans were forced to leave there tribal land and take salvation somewhere else. Americans gave them all of oklahoma except for the pan handle
 * Black Hawk War of 1832
 * The tribe instead of settling some where else they came back to illinios and as expected the new white settlers that were now in the old land paniced and when a militia was called they were occampanied by a young Abraham Lincoln. In this effort thier objective was to get the sac & fox indians out of northern illinios- michigan
 * Indian Removal 1830 - 1838
 * The Cherokees werent the only tribe feeling the pressure from the americans, by 1838 all of the five civilized tribes had been forced to migrate to a different location that was away from americans but also had the potential to be taken away once again down the line
 * The Seminole War
 * As many indians moved on to their new land many also didnt, A group lead by Cheiftain Osceola refused to leave an started an uprising begginging in (1835) to protect their land. They fought by any means nessecary and they had strengthend there tribe with the addition of black slaves who had setlled with the tribe. The Indians and there new found allies used a gorilla warfare tactics