With the opening of the frontier, and settlement in those areas by Americans, there was no Bill of Rights, or methods for admitting new states. The Northwest Ordinance was farsighted in that it provided rules for this.
prohibited slavery in the old northwest
northwest ordinance of 1787
It provided for the surveying and selling of the land
northwest ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance was an act that went into effect in 1785 that dealt with governing the western territories. Congress created a committee in 1783 to deal with the western territories and the Northwest Ordinance was born out of this.
prohibited slavery in the old northwest
The Northwest Ordinance is also known as the Freedom Ordinance of 1787. It was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States, which prohibited slavery in the Old Northwest.
One of the most farsighted provisions of the Northwest Ordinance was that it prohibited slavery in the Old Northwest. It was officially called An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio.
northwest ordinance of 1787
The Land Ordinance of 1785
Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance.
Northwest Ordinance
To devide and even sell the lands in the northwest area. Usually the government sold the lands.
The Land Ordinance of 1785
northwest ordinance
It provided for the surveying and selling of the land