MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Missouri Comromise
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Wilmot Proviso
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Northwest Ordinance
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress lacked the authority to regulate commerce, making it unable to protect or standardize trade between foreign nations and the various states.
Detailed explanation-3: -"For imposing taxes on us without our consent.” The basic grievance of Parliament asserting that they had the right to tax the colonies in any way they desired, and the colonists insisting that in the case of internal taxes, only legislative entities that they had representation in could enact internal taxes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Considered one of the most important legislative acts of the Confederation Congress, the Northwest Ordinance also protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery in the new territories. This collection contains congressional publications from 1774 to 1875, including debates, bills, laws, and journals.