MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Question
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When ____ white men lived in a territory, a legislature would be elected.
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500
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5, 000
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50, 000
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500, 000
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Marietta, the first settlement in the Northwest Territory was founded in 1788. Other early settlers were Revolutionary War soldiers who were given land grants in southeast Ohio.
Detailed explanation-2: -Considered one of the most important legislative acts of the Confederation Congress, the Northwest Ordinance also protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery in the new territories.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War, Britain ceded to the United States all the land west of the Appalachian Mountains, north of the Ohio River, and west of the Mississippi River.
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