MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Divided the territory into a small number of self-governing districts that could later become states.
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Prohibited slavery.
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Angered the settlers.
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all of the above.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Ordinance of 1784 (enacted April 23, 1784) called for the land in the recently created United States which was located west of the Appalachian Mountains, north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River to be divided into separate states.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Ordinances of 1784 and 1785 were drafted by Thomas Jefferson. The primary purposes of the ordinances were to create procedures for dividing the land east of the Appalachian Mountains and west of the Mississippi River for settlement.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Ordinance of 1785 provided for the scientific surveying of the territory’s lands and for a systematic subdivision of them. Land was to be subdivided according to a rectangular grid system. The basic unit of land grant was the township, which was a square area measuring six miles on each side.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.