Northwest Territory Territory is land ruled by a
Northwest Territory
Territory is land ruled by a national government but which has no representatives in the government.
Ordinance An ordinance is a law.
Northwest Territory • Congress won land after the Revolutionary War. • This land was known as the Northwest Territory. • This land was Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, and parts of Minnesota.
American Indians • The land was currently occupied by American Indians, so as settlers began moving to the Northwest Territory, congress made treaties with the American Indians. • They made these treaties to gain control of more of the land.
Northwest Territory Ordinances • In order to organize the land of the Northwest Territory, congress passed two laws known as ordinances. • The first law was known as the Land Ordinance of 1785. This law discussed how the land would be measured, divided, and sold. • The second law was known as the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. This law discussed the government of the Northwest Territory. It described how a territory could become a state and discussed how slavery was illegal in the Northwest Territory.
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