MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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more than doubled the size of the United States.
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established a method for admitting new states to the Union.
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encouraged state legislatures to ratify the Constitution.
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proposed treaties with American Indians to allow the peaceful settlement of new territories.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Also known as the Ordinance of 1787, the Northwest Ordinance established a government for the Northwest Territory, outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following statements best describes how the Northwest Ordinance established a method for settlement? It provided a procedure whereby new states could become part of the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why is it Important?-The Northwest Ordinance was an important law because it established the pattern by which the rest ot the West would be settled.-All other territories would have to got through the same process of becoming a state.-The Northwest Ordinance made sure that the settlement of the West was orderly.