MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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Trial by jury
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Religious Freedom
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Guaranteed elementary education for all children
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Guaranteed bail
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Detailed explanation-1: -A bill of rights protecting religious freedom, the right to a writ of habeas corpus, the benefit of trial by jury, and other individual rights; in addition the ordinance encouraged education and forbade slavery.
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: -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-4: -Article 6 strengthened slavery with an immigration law that prevented the Northwest Territory from giving refuge to a slave. It authorized a slaveholder to capture a runaway who made it safely to the Old Northwest.