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What long term effect did the Northwest Ordinance have on the settlement of the Great Lakes region?
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The primary effect of the ordinance was; creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of United States out of the region south of Great Lakes, north and west of Ohio River, and east of Mississippi River.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe Northwest Ordinance outlined the layout of all Midwestern states in the U.S. Each state is drawn on a grid and land parcels were distributed based on this grid system.
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How did the northwest ordinance relate to the northwest territory?
The northwest ordinance included a bill of rights for the settlers, guaranteeing freedom of religion and trial by jury. It had an enormous effect on American expansion and the development and it opend the way for settlement of the northwest territory in a stable and orderly manner.
According to the Northwest Ordinance each region had to create a constitution that guaranteed which form of government?
Republican
The Land Ordinance of 1787 provided what?
The Land Ordinance of 1787 was called the Northwest Ordinance. It was an act of the Congress of the Confederation. The primary effect of the ordinance was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the US out of the region south of the Great Lakes, north & west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River. It established the precedent by which the US would expand westward across North America by the admission of new states rather than by the expansion of existing states. Also, slavery was banned in this new territory, which had the effect of making the Ohio River the boundary between free and slave territories in the region between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi.
The legal framework for settlement of the northwest territory provided for the?
political organization of the same interior region
What law gave the land west of the Appalachian Mountains the name Northwest Territory?
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 outlined the boudaries of the Northwest Territory, but the Appalachian Mountains was not part of the bounday description. The Northwest Territory is made out of the region south of the Great Lakes , north and west of the Ohio River.
Is it true that the land between the Appalachian mountains and the Mississippi river was called the trans-Appalachian west?
No it is not true the region between the Appalachian mountains and Mississippi river is called the Northwest Ordinance.
When was Northwest Region - Cameroon - created?
Northwest Region - Cameroon - was created in 1972.
When was Inuvialuit Settlement Region created?
Inuvialuit Settlement Region was created in 1984.
What is Inuvialuit Settlement Region's population?
Inuvialuit Settlement Region's population is 5,600.
What region is Washington in?
The Northwest or the Pacific northwest
What region is Washington's in?
The Northwest or the Pacific northwest
What is is achievements of the northwest ordinance?
There are few things significant about the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. First, it established the ability of the U. S. government to expand westward. Next, it set a precedent for admitting new states into the union as opposed to expanding existing states. Finally, it prohibited slavery in the territory, thus creating the Ohio River as the boundary for slavery.
