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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
