EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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The Connecticut Compromise
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The Bill of Rights
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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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The Declaration of Independence
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -In addition, the first national Congress in 1787 passed the Northwest Ordinance which prohibited the introduction of slaves into the territory west of the Ohio River. This area, which became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin was permanently free.
Detailed explanation-4: -July 13, 1787: Northwest Ordinance Provides a Process for Forming New States. In perhaps its most significant legislative action, the Congress of the Articles of Confederation passed the Northwest Ordinance on July 13, 1787.