Nothwest territory
epics?
The state was formed from lands ceded by Georgia and South Carolina and lands purchased in part from the Native American as the Mississippi Territory and organized on 7 April 1798.
They created the Northwest Ordinance in 1787. That ordinance created a single Northwest Territory out of the lands north of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River. The lands were to be divided into three to five smaller territories. When the population of a territory reached 60,000, the people would petition a statehood. Each new state would come into the Union with the same rights and privileges as the original 13 states.
Mississippi and Alabama
lands west of the Mississippi that were owned by the French
Nothwest territory
epics?
The state was formed from lands ceded by Georgia and South Carolina and lands purchased in part from the Native American as the Mississippi Territory and organized on 7 April 1798.
They created the Northwest Ordinance in 1787. That ordinance created a single Northwest Territory out of the lands north of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River. The lands were to be divided into three to five smaller territories. When the population of a territory reached 60,000, the people would petition a statehood. Each new state would come into the Union with the same rights and privileges as the original 13 states.
Mississippi was the border to the British territory.
They learn that it was more lands beyond the Mississippi and help spur expansion into Texas and the Southwest.Montease Jones
Mississippi and Alabama
The result was the removal of Indian tribes living east of Mississippi, in exchange for lands to the west.
they were called statehood
lands west of the Mississippi that were owned by the French
1830
On August 7, 1789, President George Washington signed the Northwest Ordinance of 1789 into law. The act was an ordinance to establish the Northwest Territory, the first organized territory of the United States, from lands south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River.