Northwest Ordinances

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Northwest Territory 1785–87

Ohio Company of Associates: land purchase

Learn how the U.S. Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance to outline settlement of the Northwest Territory

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Learn how the U.S. Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance to outline settlement of the Northwest Territory

Learn how the U.S. Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance to outline settlement of the Northwest Territory

Settlement of America's western lands began with the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.

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Northwest Territory 1785–87

Northwest Territory 1785–87

The Northwest Territory, created by the Northwest Ordinances of 1785 and 1787, with...

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Ohio Company of Associates: land purchase

Ohio Company of Associates: land purchase

Map of the Ohio Company of Associates' purchase of land in the Ohio River valley...

Courtesy of the Ohio History Connection (www.ohiomemory.org)

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