Concept information
Preferred term
Northwest Ordinance
Definition
- The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was the blueprint followed by Congress to form new states from the trans-Mississippi west. Although originally applicable to the territory north of the Ohio River, the ordinance established a process in which a territory became a state coequal with the original thirteen states while concurrently guaranteeing rights for U.S. colonists. [Source: Encyclopedia of Politics of the American West; Northwest Ordinance (1787)]
Belongs to group
Date
- 1787
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Northwest_Ordinance
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