USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Northwest Territory was made up by the head of the Mississippi River and north from the Ohio River. Basically, it was Wisconsin and Minnesota south to the Mississippi River’s confluence with the Ohio, and eastward up the Ohio River to western Pennsylvania.

Detailed explanation-2: -After gaining independence from Great Britain, one of the many contentious issues facing the United States were competing claims to western lands. These lands were generally referred to as the Northwest Territory and included the current states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Northwest Territory, also known as the Old Northwest and formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was formed from unorganized western territory of the United States after the American Revolutionary War.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Northwest Territories lie northwest of central Canada, bordered to the east by Nunavut, to the west by the Yukon and to the south by the northeastern corner of British Columbia, as well as the entire northern borders of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Detailed explanation-5: -The old Northwest Territory in the United States, formed after the American Revolution, encompassed the land between the Great Lakes, the Mississippi River, and the Ohio River. Prior to this time, the area had been hotly contested by the French and the British.