1.This map shows the territory of the United States in both 1790 and in 1800. few parts of the actual map changed here. However, in the corner of the map, there is a population chart. The population of every state grew by at least a few thousand in 10 years. Other states experienced much larger population growths.
One change that did occur was the addition of Tennessee. Before 1800, Tennessee was just called “Territory Below the River Ohio”. Giving this state its name shows that we officially claimed it.
One last detail is that the Native American tribes are listed on here. In those 10 years, nothing changed in terms of their location or existence. No tribes were nearly wiped out during this era.
2. The story that this map narrates is how America began to feel a bit more settled in at this point. The population grew by quite a bit in each state, so people moved to America and stayed. Increased populations also show that during this time, people were living pretty healthy lives. If the population hadn’t grown much, or stayed the same, it would be easy to assume that people were having a hard time surviving in America. This map shows that Americans were all settled in and the number of Americans grew quite a bit.
To me, these maps give off the idea of the people being content. Other narratives I have read promote the idea of Americans being restless and wanting to conquer more land. Within those ten years, land was not gained nor lost, that leads me to believe that contentedness was constant. The people were making this more “homey” and organizing things to their liking. From 1790 to 1800, territories were established. Again, instead of District of Kentucky or Territory South of River Ohio, the United States gave them official names that officially admitted them to the country. Welcome home.
3. “This blessed People was as a little Flock of Kids”
This quote is discussing how later Native Americans were not seen as much of a threat. The map shows that, as they included the Native American tribes on the map, and just sort of left them alone. None of the tribes were wiped out in those ten years, but they were labeled on the map in careful, red writing. Although the Americans didn’t have the entire section that we have today, the populations were not large enough to fill up the big space they did have. That meant that the Native Americans and the former colonists had enough room to leave each other alone.
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