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Ohio Company Purchase Map
Description:
The map illustrates the first tract of Ohio land to be sold by the Continental Congress. The Ohio Company of Associates, composed of former Revolutionary War officers and soldiers, acquired the land. The company established the first permanent settlement at Marietta in April 1788. Among the Ohio Company’s first directors were Rufus Putnam, Manasseh Cutler, and Winthrop Sargent.
Creator:
Ohio Auditor of State
Creation Date:
c. 1810
Collection Title:
Ohio Company's Purchase Allotments
Collection Number:
State Archives Series 4635
Image Number:
AL03613
Ohio Social Studies Academic Content Standards
History 6-8
- Benchmark E: Explain the causes and consequences of the American Revolution, with emphasis on both Colonial and British perspectives.
- Grade 8, GLI 4. Explain the results of important developments of the American Revolution including: a. declaration of American independence; b. character and significance of the military struggle in the North in the early years of the war and the shift of the battle to the South after 1779; c. creation of state constitutions; d. impacts on women, African Americans and American Indians.
- Benchmark F: Explain the political and economic challenges faced by the United States after the Revolutionary War and the actions that resulted in the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
- Grade 8, GLI 5. Explain major domestic problems faced by the leaders of the new republic under the Articles of Confederation including: maintaining national security; b. creating a stable economic system; c. dealing with war debts; d. collecting revenue; e. defining the authority of the central government.
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