Shouldn't you know this? Anyway they sold the land to people, like yeah,
The United States was broken into territories before it was split into individual states. The state that claimed land in the Northwest Territory was Ohio.
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In 1999, a third territory-Nunavut-was carved out of a part of the Northwest Territories.
The Nunavut territory is Canada's largest sub-region; followed by the Province of Quebec.
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It divided the Northwest Territory into townships and lots.
It divided the Northwest Territory into townships and lots.
The Northwest territory was divided into uniform townships and sections. The Northwest territory lasted from 1787 to 1803 when it was then admitted into the US.
The Land Ordinance of 1785.
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The government law calling for surveying of land in the Northwest Territory was the Land Ordinance of 1785.
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Thomas Jefferson After the end of the American Revolution, Congress established a system for settling the new territory the United States acquired. The land involved was located west of the Appalachian Mountains and eventually became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and a portion of Minnesota. The Land Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 served as a framework for settling this Northwest Territory.
Congress did not want the northwest territory divided in to only two states because it would be hard to govern large areas. That also thought smaller states would the land would be settled evenly as well.
Different groups claim rights to settle in the land of the northwest territory because they won the war.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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