The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio, and also known as the Freedom Ordinance or The Ordinance of 1787) set the mandate for the creation of new states from the region, once a population of 60,000 had been achieved within a particular territory.The Enabling Act of 1802 established the precedent and procedures for creation of future states in the western territories. The act requires territories to elect a delegate for each 1,200 people to attend a constitutional convention. The enabling act requires the prospective state to adopt a form of government and constitution that are in compliance with the U.S. Constitution.
The Land Ordinance of 1787 was called the Northwest Ordinance. It was an act of the Congress of the Confederation. The primary effect of the ordinance was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the US out of the region south of the Great Lakes, north & west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River. It established the precedent by which the US would expand westward across North America by the admission of new states rather than by the expansion of existing states. Also, slavery was banned in this new territory, which had the effect of making the Ohio River the boundary between free and slave territories in the region between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi.
Precedent
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This was the first sitting Supreme Court of the USA. Every decision made by that court established the original precedent for all subsequent cases in the USA. Perhaps the most important was Marbury vs Madison where the precedent was established for the Supreme Court to review laws for "Constitutionality".
It Established A Precedent For The Addition Of States !
It isn’t seen as a precedent for future government. The government was well established when it was written.
One of the most farsighted provisions of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was the establishment of a system for admitting new states to the Union. It set the precedent for orderly expansion and government in the newly acquired territories. The ordinance also prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory, helping to shape the future of the United States as it expanded westward.
The three main achievements of the Northwest Ordinance were accelerating the westward expansion of the United States, advancement of education, and the maintenance of civil liberties. The ordinance also prohibited slavery in the newly settled territory.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 addressed issues related to western expansion as well as slavery. It created the Northwest Territory and established borders with British Canada. It set the precedent for western expansion, and set boundaries for free and slave states by using the Ohio River as the dividing point.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory, setting a precedent for future territories to limit or exclude slavery. This helped contain the spread of slavery to the Southern states and contributed to the divide between free and slave states in the United States.
The process of admittance was established by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which organized the territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River and established the precedent by which the nation would expand westward, forming federally governed territories, that when they had met the guidelines of the ordinance would become a sovereign state, rather than be incorporated into an already existing state. The Ordinance went further to describe that the territories north of the Ohio would be Free. Following this, and to some extent, the Missouri Compromise was also integral to the annexation (Texas) and admittance processes in Antebellum America, as it defined which states would have the option to be slave-holding, and which wouldn't.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory (modern-day Midwest states) north of the Ohio River, setting a precedent for restricting slavery in new states. This limited the expansion of slavery into these territories and helped pave the way for future anti-slavery efforts in the United States.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1789 established a system for admitting new states to the Union, banned slavery in the Northwest Territory, and set a precedent for orderly territorial expansion by creating a process for creating new states. It also promoted education by setting aside land for schools in the territory.
There are few things significant about the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. First, it established the ability of the U. S. government to expand westward. Next, it set a precedent for admitting new states into the union as opposed to expanding existing states. Finally, it prohibited slavery in the territory, thus creating the Ohio River as the boundary for slavery.
The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio, and also known as the Freedom Ordinance or The Ordinance of 1787) set the mandate for the creation of new states from the region, once a population of 60,000 had been achieved within a particular territory.The Enabling Act of 1802 established the precedent and procedures for creation of future states in the western territories. The act requires territories to elect a delegate for each 1,200 people to attend a constitutional convention. The enabling act requires the prospective state to adopt a form of government and constitution that are in compliance with the U.S. Constitution.
The Land Ordinance of 1787 was called the Northwest Ordinance. It was an act of the Congress of the Confederation. The primary effect of the ordinance was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the US out of the region south of the Great Lakes, north & west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River. It established the precedent by which the US would expand westward across North America by the admission of new states rather than by the expansion of existing states. Also, slavery was banned in this new territory, which had the effect of making the Ohio River the boundary between free and slave territories in the region between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi.