Northwest Territory

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The Northwest Territory was a vast early United States territory established after the American Revolution, encompassing lands that later became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
organized incorporated territory of the United States
alsoKnownAs Old Northwest
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio
appliesToJurisdiction Northwest Territory government
United States government
surface form: United States federal government
borderedBy Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
capital Chillicothe, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
surface form: Cincinnati, Ohio

Marietta, Ohio
cededBy United Kingdom
surface form: Great Britain

Kingdom of Great Britain
cededTo United States of America
conflict Northwest Indian War
continent North America
country United States of America
createdBy Northwest Ordinance
dissolved 1803
March 1, 1803
establishedBy Congress of the Confederation
followedBy Illinois Territory
Indiana Territory
Michigan Territory
Minnesota Territory
Ohio
Wisconsin Territory
foundingDocument Northwest Ordinance
surface form: Ordinance of 1787
governor Arthur St. Clair
Charles Willing Byrd
hasLegalStatus organized incorporated territory
hasPolicy ban on slavery except as punishment for crime
guarantee of freedom of religion
provision for public education
historicalSignificance crucial step in westward expansion of the United States
model for later U.S. territorial organization
inception 1787
July 13, 1787
languageUsed English
legalBasis Northwest Ordinance
surface form: Northwest Ordinance of 1787
legislativeBody Territorial legislature of the Northwest Territory
locatedInTimeZone UTC−05:00
namedAfter its location northwest of the Ohio River
partOf Old West
surface form: American frontier

United States territorial evolution
United States territorial expansion
previouslyPartOf Province of Quebec
surface form: British Province of Quebec

Old Northwest
surface form: Old Northwest under British rule
replacedBy Indiana Territory
Ohio
surface form: State of Ohio
significantEvent Indian wars in the Northwest Territory
establishment of precedent for territorial governance
organization of public land survey system
prohibition of slavery by Northwest Ordinance
territoryIncludes part of present-day Minnesota
present-day Illinois
present-day Indiana
present-day Michigan
present-day Ohio
present-day Wisconsin

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Ohio Country laterIncorporatedInto Northwest Territory
Tecumseh workLocation Northwest Territory
this entity surface form: Old Northwest Territory
Tecumseh historicalRegion Northwest Territory
Northwest Ordinance appliesToTerritory Northwest Territory
Tecumseh's War locatedIn Northwest Territory
Henry Hamilton placeOfActivity Northwest Territory
Land Ordinance of 1785 appliesToTerritory Northwest Territory
John Hardin placeOfActivity Northwest Territory
Northwest Indian Confederacy territory Northwest Territory
British Canada relatedTo Northwest Territory
this entity surface form: United States Northwest Territory
Treaty of Greenville appliesToTerritory Northwest Territory
Treaty of Fort Harmar location Northwest Territory
Treaty of Fort Harmar territorialFocus Northwest Territory
Treaty of Fort Finney relatedTo Northwest Territory
Little Turtle's War location Northwest Territory
Blue Jacket operatedIn Northwest Territory
Battle of the Wabash location Northwest Territory
Battle of the Wabash theater Northwest Territory
Battle of Fallen Timbers location Northwest Territory
Battle of Fallen Timbers associatedWith Northwest Territory
Harmar's Campaign, 1790 location Northwest Territory
George Rogers Clark politicalEntityInvolved Northwest Territory
Marietta, Ohio isFirstPermanentSettlementOf Northwest Territory
Marietta, Ohio partOfHistoricalRegion Northwest Territory
Convention of 1818 affectedRegion Northwest Territory
this entity surface form: United States northern frontier
Article IV jurisdiction Northwest Territory
subject surface form: Article IV of the Northwest Ordinance
Article IV appliesToTerritory Northwest Territory
subject surface form: Article IV of the Northwest Ordinance
Article V appliesTo Northwest Territory
subject surface form: Article V (Northwest Ordinance)
Article V historicalRegion Northwest Territory
subject surface form: Article V (Northwest Ordinance)
Muskingum County, Ohio historicalRegion Northwest Territory
War of 1812 era hasLocation Northwest Territory
this entity surface form: Old Northwest Territory
Article II jurisdiction Northwest Territory
subject surface form: Article II of the Northwest Ordinance
Illinois Country successorTerritory Northwest Territory
Pays d'en Haut successorTerritory Northwest Territory
this entity surface form: Northwest Territory (United States, parts)
Indiana Territory precededBy Northwest Territory
Fort Sackville, Vincennes locatedIn Northwest Territory
British posts in the Old Northwest historicalRegionNowCorrespondsTo Northwest Territory
this entity surface form: Northwest Territory of the United States
Connecticut Land Company relatedTo Northwest Territory
Fort Harmar locatedIn Northwest Territory
Little Turtle placeOfActivity Northwest Territory
Tarhe residence Northwest Territory
Roundhead historicalRegion Northwest Territory
Le Grand Sauteur region Northwest Territory
Turkey Foot regionOpposedExpansionIn Northwest Territory
Black Hoof residence Northwest Territory
Miami Confederacy relatedTo Northwest Territory