The Northwest Ordinance was the legislation that officially established the Northwest Territory.
Illinois was a part of the Northwest Territory until 1809. It was on February 3, 1809 that it was established as the Illinois Territory by the10th United States Congress.
The Northwest Territory was acquired on July 13, 1787. It continued to be identified as the Northwest Territory until March 1, 1803 when it was admitted into the Union as the state of Ohio. The Northwest Ordinance was established in 1787 to run the territory and establish rules for statehood.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Slavery was not permitted in the Ohio territory. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which established the Northwest Territory, including what would become Ohio, prohibited slavery in the region.
It established the process for how the U.S. would expand westward.
Slavery was prohibited in the Northwest Territory through the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which established the territory's government and set criteria for admitting new states. This was a significant step towards prohibiting the expansion of slavery into new territories in the United States.
By the time the Northwest Territory was established, the Sioux had left that region and gone west. It did not affect them. The old Northwest Territory ended at the Mississippi River. While the Sioux originated in that area they left years earlier when horses became available.
The five states that eventually formed from the Northwest Territory are Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Additionally, a part of the sixth state, Minnesota, was also included in this territory. The Northwest Territory was established by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which provided a framework for the settlement and governance of these regions.
The Canadian territory of Nunavut is Canada's most recent addition. It was established on April 01 1999 as the homeland of the Inuit peoples. This territory used to be part of Canada's Northwest Territory. Nunavut has land borders with the Northwest Territories on several islands as well as the mainland.
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The southern boundary of the Northwest Territory is defined by the Ohio River, which forms a natural border between the territory and the state of Ohio. This boundary extends from the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers at the southwest corner of the territory, eastward to the point where the river meets the state of Pennsylvania. The territory itself was established by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which set the framework for governance and settlement in the region.