MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Slavery was expanded in the United States.
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The farmers of Massachusetts rebelled.
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George Washington was elected president.
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Territories eventually became states.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under the ordinance, slavery was forever outlawed from the lands of the Northwest Territory, freedom of religion and other civil liberties were guaranteed, the resident Indians were promised decent treatment, and education was provided for.
Detailed explanation-2: -What was the long term effect of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787? Territories eventually became states.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.
Detailed explanation-5: -What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 do? It outlawed slavery and spelled out the steps a territory needed to go through to become a state. The US Government appointed a governor (St. Clair) and 3 judges to govern the territory.