Arkansas Becomes a Territory Flashcards
New Territory was divided into 5 counties
Lawrence Pulaski Clark Hempstead Arkansas
1812-1835, four territorial governors presided these
James Miller
George Izard
John Pope
William Fulton
Territorial Government
Governor appointed by the President
Secretary appointed
“The Family Dynasty”
a political “dynasty” made by Conway who dominated Arkansas politics
Conway-Critteden Duel
1827: Critteden Challenged Conway to a duel, which Critteden killed Conway with one shot
William Woodruff
- sided with “The Family” writing many articles that promoted their political ideas.
- founder of the Arkansas Gazette
Oldest Newspaper in Arkansas
Arkansas Gazette
In 1812…
the territorial capital was moved from Arkansas Post to Little Rock
Southwest Trail
most of the trail crossed Arkansas from northeast to southeast
G.W. Featherstonhaugh
wrote about travels along the Military Road in Excursion Through the Slave States
describe 2 major points of the Mississippi Compromise
point 1 || Missouri enters as a slave state and Maine enters as a free state.
point 2 || Missouri compromise prohibited slavery in Louisiana Purchase north of 36 degrees 30 degrees latitude line
1817 Treaty
let Cherokee in East exchange their land for new land in Arkansas
Fort Smith is set up to?
Preevent fighting between the Cherokee Tribe in the Osage Tribe
Who wrote the Cherokee alphabet
Sequoyah
Dwight Mission
first formal educator and conversion of Native Americans in Arkansas in 1824
3 parts of the Indian Removal
- containment of Indian on hunting lands
- concentration on reservations
- removal to Indian territory
In 1830…
Congress passed the Indian removal act
wheels made of horizontal blades powered by steam engines that moved steamboats up and down the Arkansas River
paddlewheels
boat with a rounded bottom and a keel to help it move straight; could be pulled up the stream by men, horses, or pushed along with poles
keel boat
A raft liked boat used for floating downstream
flat boat
boats designed to remove snacks from River Channels used to remove Red River Raft
snagboat
Texas Revolution 1835
36 volunteers (mainly from Tennessee) head to Texas to fight the Mexican government for independence
Jim Bowie
Jim Bowie popularized the Arkansas Toothpick
Requirements for application to statehood
50,000 citizens in territory
write a state constitution
