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Northwest Ordinance

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The Northwest Ordinance

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Explained in 3 Minutes: US History Review

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To the Mississippi: Westward Expansion and the Northwest Ordinance 1787

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Northwest Ordinance 1787

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Creating America: Expanding Our New Nation with the Northwest Ordinance

The Northwest Ordinance enacted July 13, 1787, was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States. It created the Northwest Territory, the first organized territory of the United States, from lands beyond the Appalachian Mountains, between British North America and the Great Lakes to the north and the Ohio River to the south. The upper Mississippi River formed the Territory's western boundary.
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