EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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Map of early Ohio settlements drawn by a colonist
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An encyclopedia article on Ohio settlers
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A book by a teacher who teaches about Ohio settler
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A textbook chapter that discusses the settlement of Ohio
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Detailed explanation-1: -The settling of Ohio began in 1788 with the arrival of 48 members of an expedition sponsored by the Ohio Company, who purchased more than one and a half million acres of the Northwest Territory from Congress. They chose what would become the city of Marietta, on the Ohio River, as their first settlement.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ohio is a state with a wide variety geographic features. The Great Lakes Plains, Till Plains, Appalachian Plateau, Bluegrass Region, and the Lake Erie Shoreline are the five geographic regions of the state. Of these, the Till Plains are the most unique because of their formation by glaciers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Initially colonized by French fur traders, Ohio became a British colonial possession following the French and Indian War in 1754. At the end of the American Revolution, Britain ceded control of the territory to the newly formed United States, which incorporated it into the Northwest Territory.
Detailed explanation-4: -In a space of two years, however, in 1607 and 1608, the Spanish, English, and French founded settlements north of the 30th latitude that survived despite the odds against them-Santa Fé in New Mexico (1607), Jamestown on the Atlantic coast (1607), and Quebec on the St. Lawrence River (1608).