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The southern boundary of the Northwest Territory is the Ohio River, which was provided a means of governing through the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
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What two major rivers were part of the western and southern boundaries of the Northwest Territory?
The Mississippi River formed most of the western boundary and the Ohio River formed most of the southern boundary of the territory. (Today, the state of Virginia, which was south of the Ohio, is now broken into Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia.)
What natural feature marked the western boundary of british territory in 1763?
The Appalachian Mountains became the western boundary of the British colonies.
What year was slavery banned in the northwest territory?
In 1787, Congress banned slavery in the new northwest territory. The territory included the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. By prohibiting slavery in the territory, it made the Ohio River the boundary between slave and non-slave states.
Why did congress pass the northwest ordinance of 1787?
The Northwest Ordinance established a government for the Northwest Territory, defined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original 13 states. to help new states join the union (gradpoint)
How did the US obtain the Northwest Territory?
Northwest Territories is in Canada
What is the western boundary of northwest territory and southern territory?
Mississippi river
What is on the northwest of Canada?
The Yukon Territory within Canada. The State of Alaska along the western boundary of the Yukon, and the Arctic Ocean bordering the Northwest Territories and the territory of Nunavut.
What is the northern boundary of the northwest territory?
Minnesota
What natural feature marked the western boundary of the British territory?
British territory surrounded the globe. there was no western boundary.
What two major rivers were part of the western and southern boundaries of the Northwest Territory?
The Mississippi River formed most of the western boundary and the Ohio River formed most of the southern boundary of the territory. (Today, the state of Virginia, which was south of the Ohio, is now broken into Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia.)
Western boundary of the Louisiana Territory?
Spanish territory
Law for governing the western territory?
Northwest ordinance
Which two major rivers formed the western and southern boundaries of the northwest territory?
The Ohio and Mississippi rivers outlined the boundaries of the Western and Southern boundaries of the Northwest Territory.
Which territory shares its western border with the northwest territories?
Nunavut
What was an act on surveying western territories?
The Northwest Territory
What natural feature marked the western boundary of british territory in 1763?
The Appalachian Mountains became the western boundary of the British colonies.
Does the western boundary of Kansas territory extend all the way to the rocky mountains?
no
