THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE of 1787

THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE of 1787

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I. CONFEDERATION: a group of

loosely joined, but sovereign states.

THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCEA. Problem: Many states made claims to the

western lands (Northwest Territory).

Boundaries of the Northwest Territory:Great Lakes (north), Pennsylvania (east), Ohio River (south), Mississippi River(west)

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B. Solution to the Problem: All states agreed to cede (give) their claims to Congress, so Congress can sell the land for the good of the country (confederation).

NATIONAL DOMAIN – Public land

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II. LAND ORDINANCE

of 1785: Congress’s

plan to sell the land

of the Northwest

Territory.

A. Rectangular Survey

System – carefully

surveyed the land

into squares to be

sold.

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1. Township – the largest division of land.

It is thirty-six square miles.

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2. Section – 36 sections in a township. It is

one square mile or 640 acres.

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3. Acre – the smallest division of land. It

sold for $1 per acre.

The average size farm was 40 acre. So, it

sold for $40.

THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCEB. Education – the sale from one section of each

township goes to start a school for that township.

How much went for education?

Answer: $640

III.THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE of 1787 this document establishes…

the principles and procedures for the orderly expansion of the United States.

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A. Statehood:

1. When the population reaches 5,000 adult

males the area can:

a. elect it’s own legislature.

b. send non-voting members to

Congress.

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2. When the population reaches 60,000

adult males the area can:

a. can write a state constitution and

apply for statehood.

b. If Congress approves, the state

Constitution that area will become a

state.

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Five states:

Indiana (1816)

Ohio (1803)

Illinois (1818)

Michigan (1837)

Wisconsin (1848)

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Rights Guaranteed:

1. Trial by jury

2. Public education

3. Freedom of religion

4. Prohibition of slavery