MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Question
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To pay war debts
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Because it couldn’t gain money by taxing its people
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Because it wanted Americans to farm the new land
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Because the land was totally empty
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -The Northwest Territory doubled the size of the United States, and establishing it as free of slavery proved to be of tremendous importance in the following decades. It encompassed what became Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.