Northwest Ordinance of 1787
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established townships in the Northwest Territory (Ohio River Valley).
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established townships in the Northwest Territory (Ohio River Valley).
The Ohio River formed the southern border of the Northwest Territory.
Northwest Ordinance
The southern boundary of the Northwest Territory is the Ohio River, which was provided a means of governing through the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
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The region north of the Ohio River between the Appalachian Mountains and Mississippi River known as the Northwest Territories. The Northwest Territories was created by Congress in 1787.
The law that divided the territories north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River into smaller areas was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. This legislation established a systematic process for incorporating new states into the Union and outlined the governance of the Northwest Territory. It also set forth principles for the admission of new states and included provisions for civil liberties and the prohibition of slavery in the territory.
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The Licking River in Kentucky flows northwest, while the Licking River in Ohio flows in an east-southeasterly direction.
The name of Ohio was chosen in 1802 by the first constitutional convention of Ohio when they were forming the sate. The state of Ohio was generally known as "The territory Northwest of the Ohio. The western portion of the "Northwest Territory" was named Indiana. The Easter portion was not given a specific name and retained "territory northwest of the Ohio" as common reference. The Ohio river was named by the indigenous people. The word "Ohio" is said to have meant "great river"
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