MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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60, 000 adults could petition or ask to become a state.
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5000 free adult males had to elect a Congress.
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Congress would name a govenor and three judges to govern the territory.
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Congress would ratify the petition to become a state.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -A law was enacted by the federal government that established the Indiana Territory. February 19, 1803. Ohio became the first state formed from the Northwest Territory. Ohio entered the Federal Union as the seventeenth state.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Despite the drawbacks of the Articles of Confederation, the laws Congress created relating to the Northwest Territory proved to be a major success. These laws defined the basic rights of settlers and established federal support for education.