MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Question
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a President is elected
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a territory becomes a state
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a governor is appointed
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territories were invented
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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: -Once sixty thousand people resided in a territory, they could apply for statehood. The people could form a constitutional convention, draft a state constitution, and then submit the document to the United States Congress for approval.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Northwest Territories became states when they became eligible for statehood in drafted their own constitution. The Congress and then approved of it and it became a state. The 13 colonies became states by winning the war against Britain.