Browsing by Subject "Knox, Henry, 1750-1806"

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    Defense & Exploration of Territory
    (2011-11-03) Coy, Tommy
    With the victory of the Americans over the British in the Revolutionary War came a large amount of territory that many of the Founding Fathers knew barely anything about. That territory needed to explored, laid out for defense and for possible governance, and needed to be mapped for geographical purposes. The territory that would eventually become the states of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota had little but military forts and a large number of Native Americans. Very little was known about this area, and thus Secretary of War Henry Knox, one of President George Washington’s most trusted military advisors, believed something must be done to explore the area. Meanwhile, the few citizens that did live in the area, and those that might migrate to the area, must be protected. In the last half of the letter written by Henry Knox, he outlines his course of action for settlement, development, and other necessary tasks for the area
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    Northwest Territory Protection and Governance
    (2011-11-03) Coy, Tommy
    Just two years into the Presidency of George Washington and four years into the great experiment that was the United States of America, the discussion became what the responsibility was of the U.S. Government in territories in the far reaching west. Mainly, there were discussing the protection of the people living in the Northwest Territory from Indian attacks and also possible attacks from British and or French soldiers still prominent in the area. The Northwest Territory was also disputed by the governments of the nations, and thus fighting was almost unavoidable. And, the Native Americans, who truly lived in the land longer than any, also had to be contended with. The writing of Secretary of War Henry Knox to President George Washington outlines his suggestions on how the people desperately need some type of protection against these enemies.