MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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It allowed Congress to divide the Northwest Ordinance into 7 separate territories
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It allowed Congress to divide the Northwest Territory into 4-6 separate territories, establish a government, and become a state.
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It allowed the new territories to have governments and become states
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It allowed the new territories to become colonies.
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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 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-3: -Provisions of the Northwest Ordinance presaged several provisions of the Constitution and the First Amendment and announced a prohibition of slavery in the states to be formed out of the territories.