MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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40, 000
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50, 000
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60, 000
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70, 000
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Detailed explanation-1: -When 60, 000 settlers resided in a territory, they could draft a constitution and petition for full statehood . The ordinance provided for civil liberties and public education within the new territories, but did not allow slavery.
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 must eventually comprise a minimum of three and a maximum of five states; an individual territory could be admitted to statehood in the union after having attained a population of 60, 000.
Detailed explanation-4: -Image courtesy of the Library of Congress As a Member of the Confederation Congress, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia authored the 1784 Northwest Ordinance.