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what was the single territory that was created out of the lands north of the ohio river and east of the mississippi river?

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Northwest Territory, U.S. territory created by Congress in 1787 encompassing the region lying west of Pennsylvania, north of the Ohio River, east of the Mississippi River, and south of the Great Lakes

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