MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Wyoming
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Detailed explanation-1: -It encompassed what became Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota.
Detailed explanation-2: -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 Indiana Territory at its greatest extent included modern-day Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and part of Minnesota. It formerly was part of the Northwest Territory.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first state to be formed from the Northwest Territory was Ohio, the seventeenth state of the United States of America. While the United States government had now established how the Northwest Territory would be governed, American Indians living in the area did not consent to American control of the region.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.