MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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It allowed a complete survey fo the Northwest Territory, which led to revenue.
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It allowed the US to attach Spain on the Mississippi.
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It allowed South Carolina to leave the US and join with Florida to form the short-lived country of South United States.
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It led to Ohio becoming a state.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under the ordinance, slavery was forever outlawed from the lands of the Northwest Territory, freedom of religion and other civil liberties were guaranteed, the resident Indians were promised decent treatment, and education was provided for.
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 Land Ordinance of 1785 was passed by the U.S. Congress under the Articles of Confederation. It laid out the process by which lands west of the Appalachian Mountains were to be surveyed and sold. The method of creating townships and sections within townships was used for all U.S. land after 1785.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Land Ordinance of 1785, enacted by the Confederation Congress, defined how ownership of the vast lands in the Northwest Territory would be legally transferred from the federal government to states and individual landowners.