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| What financial problems did the Ohio Company face? |
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| Due to the war with the Native Americans, immigration to the settlements and new sales nearly stopped. The company also had war related expenses including funding a militia, housing refugees, building fortifications and arming settlers. |
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| What finally ended Native American claims to most of Ohio? |
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| In August 1794, General Anthony Wayne defeated Native American tribes causing them to give up their claim to the Ohio River. The next year, the Treaty of Greenville made them withdraw from the northwestern corner of Ohio. |
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| Why did Ephraim Cutler move his family to Marietta in 1795? |
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Definition
| His business in New England had failed and he was looking to start over in a more favorable place. His wife was also ill, and the doctor recommended they move to a more southern climate to help her health. |
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| How had living in the garrison hurt the settlers? |
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Definition
| They lived in a state of fear of being attacked, and they could not leave their garrison to farm their land, build houses and farms, or develop Marietta. |
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| Where did settlers go after 1795? |
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Definition
| They bypassed Marietta and went on to booming towns such as Cincinnati where there were fewer restrictions and the land was better. |
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| Why did they choose to go past Marietta to other settlements? |
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| There were fewer restrictions on their behavior and on building, speculation was allowed and encouraged, and the land was better and more productive. |
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| What do you think happened to Marietta? |
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Definition
| I think the settlement finally grew and developed but not as much as some of the other cities further west. |
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