Division of the Northwest Territory

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The Division of the Northwest Territory was an early 19th-century reorganization of U.S. frontier lands that carved new territorial units, including what became the Michigan Territory, out of the original Northwest Territory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
territorial reorganization
appliesToJurisdiction Illinois Territory NERFINISHED
Indiana Territory NERFINISHED
Michigan Territory NERFINISHED
Northwest Territory NERFINISHED
Ohio NERFINISHED
country United States of America
describedBySource U.S. territorial history
histories of the Old Northwest
followedBy statehood of Illinois
statehood of Indiana
statehood of Michigan
follows Northwest Ordinance of 1787 NERFINISHED
establishment of the Northwest Territory
hasCause implementation of provisions of the Northwest Ordinance
population growth in the Northwest Territory
pressure for local self-government in frontier regions
hasConsequence admission of Ohio as the first state from the Northwest Territory
formation of the Illinois Territory
formation of the Indiana Territory
formation of the Michigan Territory
hasEffect creation of new U.S. territories in the Old Northwest
definition of boundaries for future Midwestern states
reorganization of U.S. frontier administration
transition from territorial government to statehood in the Old Northwest
hasHistoricalPeriod Early Republic of the United States NERFINISHED
hasImpactOn boundary formation of Midwestern states
political development of the Great Lakes region
hasPart admission of Ohio as a state
creation of the Illinois Territory
creation of the Indiana Territory
creation of the Michigan Territory
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Old Northwest NERFINISHED
partOf U.S. frontier policy in the early republic
westward expansion of the United States
pointInTime early 19th century
significantEvent carving of new territorial units from the Northwest Territory
reduction of the area of the original Northwest Territory
topic U.S. territorial evolution
administration of U.S. territories
history of the American Midwest

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Michigan Territory resultOf Division of the Northwest Territory