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: -The main features of that plan were adopted by the Continental Congress in 1787, while the Constitutional Convention was meeting in Philadelphia. The primary purpose of the ordinance was to terminate the claims of individual states and to organize the territory into new states.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.