Slavery
The Northwest Ordinance was the legislation that officially established the Northwest Territory.
Yes, the northwest ordinance of 1787 prohibited slavery in the northwest territory.
northwest ordinance
northwest ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance is an ordinance that saw that the creation of the Northwest Territory would come to fruition. It was formally known as An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio.
An act of the continental congress establishing the method of governing the Northwest Territory.
The Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance opened the way for settlement of the Northwest Territory in a stable and orderly manner.
The Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance opened the way for settlement of the Northwest Territory in a stable and orderly manner.
The Northwest Ordinance opened up the Northwest Territory It set statehood requirements for territories.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
It is the Northwest Ordinance
The land ordinance called for surveyors to stake out six-mile-square plots, called townships, in the western land. The northwest ordinance described how this land they established would be governed. (it ended up gaining rights to self-government)