The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 decided how the United States would add new territory and eventually new states to the Union.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 decided how the United States would add new territory and eventually new states to the Union.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 decided how the United States would add new territory and eventually new states to the Union.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 decided how the United States would add new territory and eventually new states to the Union.
The following are features of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 governed the territory of what are now the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787, as in all territory ordinances, was written in line with what was at that time federal law. It allowed indentured servitude, except it prohibited slavery in the territory. It established guidelines for admitting new states, and it encouraged public education. Many of these ordinances were developed into the constitution when the territory became a state .
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 decided how the United States would add new territory and eventually new states to the Union.
The principle effect of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was the integration of what is now called the Midwest United States (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and parts of Minnesota) into the United States as a whole.Its primary benefit going forward was that it set the trend that a territory under US Federal jurisdiction could apply (when it had sufficient numbers of people) to be a state with equal powers as the original thirteen states. This was as opposed to the prevailing view that they should be "subordinate states" or "permanent colonies" and was a wise decision to prevent the development of the same Anti-Metropole sentiment that led to US independence from the UK.
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The Northwest Ordinance was passed in 1787.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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It established the process for how the U.S. would expand westward.