USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Officially titled “An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States North-West of the River Ohio, ” the Northwest Ordinance was adopted on July 13, 1787, by the Confederation Congress, the one-house legislature operating under the Articles of Confederation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Better known as the Northwest Ordinance, it provided a path toward statehood for the territories northwest of the Ohio River, encompassing the area that would become the future states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.

Detailed explanation-3: -Text. The ninth President of the United States, William Henry Harrison served as the Territorial Governor of the Northwest Territory from 1801-1812. During that time he lived at “Grouseland, ” a 300 acre estate in Vincennes that he modeled after his childhood home in Virginia that is now a National Historic Landmark.