Territory Northwest of the River Ohio

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U.S. federal territory historical region

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.

Aliases (2)

Northwest Territory administration ×1
Territory North-West of the River Ohio ×1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. federal territory → historical region →
alsoKnownAs	Northwest Territory → 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, Ohio → Marietta, Ohio →
country	United States of America →
createdBy	Congress of the Confederation →
dissolvedOrAbolished	1803 →
endTime	1803 →
followedBy	Illinois Territory → Indiana Territory → Michigan Territory → 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	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 lands → Old Northwest → Province of Quebec →
significantEvent	Battle of Fallen Timbers → 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 → present-day Ohio → present-day Wisconsin →
timePeriod	Early national period of the United States →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Old Northwest → Territory Northwest of the River Ohio ("Territory North-West of the River Ohio") →	alsoKnownAs
Illinois frontier ("Northwest Territory administration") →	governedUnder