Northwest Territory
Northwest Territory (en)
Old Northwest
Northwest Territories of Ohio (en)
1787 - 1803
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Map of the Northwest Territory in 1787
General informations
Status Organized Territory of the United States
Demography
Population 50,000 inhab. (1787) (Mostly Native Americans and Canadians)
Area
Area of 673,000 km² (1787)
History and events
July 13, 1787 Northwestern ordinance
August 7, 1789 Status Review
July 4, 1800 Separation of the Indiana Territory
July 10, 1800 Addition of the Western Reserve of Connecticut
March 1, 1803 Dissolution
Previous entities:
Ohio Valley (Origin, before 1783)
The following entities:
Indiana Territory
Ohio
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The North-West Territory is an administrative region at the birth of the United States. The North West Ordinance, passed by the Confederation Congress on July 13, 1787, stipulates that the territory is suspended and that the rules of its admission are as important as the state. On August 7, 1789, the new United States Congress upheld the ordinance with some minor amendments in the Constitution. The territory includes what was until 1763, the central part of the Pays-d'en-Haut and Upper Louisiana, is all that is Indian Reserve (in) acquired by the United States to the Western Pennsylvania and Northwestern Ohio. United States, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, Northeast Minnesota. The region covers more than 673 000 km