Territory Northwest of the River Ohio

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Territory Northwest of the River Ohio was the early United States federal territory established in 1787 that encompassed the region north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River, from which the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota were later formed.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. federal territory
historical region
alsoKnownAs Northwest Territory
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio
surface form: Territory North-West of the River Ohio
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
borderedBy British Canada
Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Ohio River
capital Chillicothe, Ohio
Cincinnati
surface form: Cincinnati, Ohio

Marietta, Ohio
country United States of America
createdBy Congress of the Confederation
dissolvedOrAbolished 1803
endTime 1803
followedBy Indiana Territory
surface form: Illinois Territory

Indiana Territory
Michigan Territory
Ohio
surface form: State of Ohio

Wisconsin Territory
statehood of Illinois
statehood of Indiana
statehood of Michigan
statehood of Ohio
statehood of Wisconsin
formedFrom land claims ceded by Connecticut
land claims ceded by Massachusetts
land claims ceded by Virginia
lands ceded by Great Britain in the Treaty of Paris (1783)
governingDocument Northwest Ordinance
surface form: Ordinance of 1787
hasGovernor Arthur St. Clair
hasPolicy process for admission of new states on equal footing
prohibition of slavery (with limited exceptions)
provision for public education
inception 1787
legalBasis Northwest Ordinance
locatedInContinent North America
locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Ohio River
officeHeldBy Arthur St. Clair
partOf United States of America
previouslyPartOf British Crown
surface form: British Crown lands

Old Northwest
Province of Quebec
significantEvent Battle of Fallen Timbers
Treaty of Greenville
surface form: Treaty of Greenville (1795)

passage of the Northwest Ordinance in 1787
territoryIncludes part of present-day Minnesota
present-day Illinois
present-day Indiana
present-day Michigan
Ohio
surface form: present-day Ohio

present-day Wisconsin
timePeriod Early national period of the United States

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Old Northwest alsoKnownAs Territory Northwest of the River Ohio
Illinois frontier governedUnder Territory Northwest of the River Ohio
this entity surface form: Northwest Territory administration
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio alsoKnownAs Territory Northwest of the River Ohio
this entity surface form: Territory North-West of the River Ohio
Northwest Territory alsoKnownAs Territory Northwest of the River Ohio
Illinois and Indiana sharesHistoricalRegion Territory Northwest of the River Ohio
this entity surface form: Old Northwest Territory
Securing the Old Northwest for the United States setInRegion Territory Northwest of the River Ohio
this entity surface form: Old Northwest Territory