If slavery were introduced into new states formed in the West, it would give slave states legislative equality with "free" states in Congress. This might prevent abolitionists from passing anti-slavery legislation.
there wasn't any western colonies. there were western territories.
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.
what provided a plan for governing western lands
the western land owed debt to the national government
land ordinance of
The Northwest Territory
The southerners placed themselves in opposition to much of the rest of the Western world
there wasn't any western colonies. there were western territories.
In the early nineteenth century, life in the western territories was characterized by
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provided a plan for governing western territories. In contrast, the land ordinance of 1785 defined how the western territories would be sold to settlers.
The territory that shares its western border with the Northwest Territories is Yukon. It is located to the west of the Northwest Territories.
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.
There are two provinces and territories that are in the Western Cordillera. British Columbia and Yukon are the two that border the Western Cordillera.
The Free-Soil Party wanted the western territories to be free from slavery.
the issues that affected the western territories between 1775 and 1787 is that the western land owed debt to the national government
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Abraham Lincoln completely opposed the spread of slavery to western territories.