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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.
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Why did different groups claim rights to land in the northwest territory?
Different groups claim rights to settle in the land of the northwest territory because they won the war.
What was the division of land in the Northwest Territory into townships?
Land Ordinance of 1785
How was the Louisiana purchase territory acquired?
This land was purchased from France in 1803 for $15,000,000.
What law gave the land west of the Appalachian Mountains the name Northwest Territory?
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 outlined the boudaries of the Northwest Territory, but the Appalachian Mountains was not part of the bounday description. The Northwest Territory is made out of the region south of the Great Lakes , north and west of the Ohio River.
Describe where the northwest territory was located?
The Northwest Territory is the United States included all the land of the United States west of Pennsylvania and northwest of the Ohio River. It covered all of the modern states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, as well as the northeastern part of Minnesota.
What was the plan for the northwest territory in 1785?
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.
What is a government law that said the new land in the northwest territory should be surveyed?
The government law calling for surveying of land in the Northwest Territory was the Land Ordinance of 1785.
What day was the northwest territory acquired?
July 15 1870 is the official transfer date.
Why did different groups claim rights to land in the northwest territory?
Different groups claim rights to settle in the land of the northwest territory because they won the war.
What bounded the northwest territory?
The Northwest Territory was bounded by the Ohio River to the south, the Mississippi River to the west, and the Great Lakes to the north and east. It primarily encompassed the lands that would eventually become the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. Established by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, it was the first territory of the United States created out of land acquired in the American Revolution.
What law allowed settlers to buy land in the northwest territory?
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
What did the land ordinants of 1785 do?
It divided the Northwest Territory into townships and lots.
The what described how the northwest territory was to be governed?
Land Ordinance of 1785
Why did Native American forces in the Northwest Territory?
To protect their land
What laws did congress pass concerning the northwest territory?
In an effort to try and organize the Northwest territory Congress passed two laws; The Northwest Ordinance and The Land Ordinance. These two acts separated the territory into states and helped the government raise money through sale of the land.
What was the division of land in the Northwest Territory into townships?
Land Ordinance of 1785
What effects did the land policies of Congress have on the Native Americans in the Northwest territory?
the sold their land
