MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Northwest Ordinance
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Land Ordinance
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Territories Ordinance
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Ohio River Valley Ordinance
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Detailed explanation-1: -Complete answer: The Northwest Ordinance, also known as the Ordinance of 1787, constituted a government for the Northwest Territory, defined the procedure for admitting a new state to the Union, and promised that newly formed states would be equal to the thirteen original 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: -Image courtesy of the Library of Congress As a Member of the Confederation Congress, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia authored the 1784 Northwest Ordinance.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio and also known as the Ordinance of 1787), enacted July 13, 1787, was an organic act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States.