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An Ordinance for the government of the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio. SECTION 1.
10 Μαΐ 2022 · The Northwest Ordinance chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.
The Northwest Ordinance, adopted July 13, 1787, by the Second Continental Congress, chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.
Northwest Ordinances, several ordinances enacted by the U.S. Congress for the purpose of establishing orderly and equitable procedures for the settlement and political incorporation of the Northwest Territory—the portion of the American frontier that is generally the area known today as the Midwest.
On July 13, 1787, Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance—an act that established a framework for governing the Northwest Territory, admitting new states, and protecting the civil liberties of settlers. It also banned slavery in the new territories.
The Northwest Ordinance Our First National Bill of Rights by Maurice Baxter Today the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is best known for its plan of government in the frontier area north of the Ohio River--the stages of development and eventual admission of new states into the Union on a footing equal to the old ones. As significant as this policy may
27 Οκτ 2023 · The Northwest Ordinance established a three-stage process for carving new states out of the area northwest of the Ohio River. It led to the eventual creation of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.
