Old Northwest

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historic region region of the United States

The Old Northwest was a historic region of the early United States encompassing the territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River, which later became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic region ⓘ region of the United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Northwest Territories ⓘ surface form: Northwest Territory Territory Northwest of the River Ohio ⓘ
borderFeature	Great Lakes ⓘ Mississippi River ⓘ Ohio River ⓘ
conflict	Northwest Indian War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEstablished	1787 ⓘ
establishedBy	Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
governanceDocument	Northwest Ordinance ⓘ surface form: Ordinance of 1787
governancePrinciple	process for admission of new states ⓘ prohibition of slavery ⓘ provision for public education ⓘ
governedAs	organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
historicalEra	early United States ⓘ post–American Revolutionary War period ⓘ
includesPresentDayTerritoryOf	Illinois ⓘ Indiana ⓘ Michigan (most of state) ⓘ surface form: Michigan Ohio ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ part of Minnesota ⓘ
laterDividedInto	Illinois ⓘ surface form: State of Illinois Indiana ⓘ surface form: State of Indiana Michigan (most of state) ⓘ surface form: State of Michigan Ohio ⓘ surface form: State of Ohio Wisconsin ⓘ surface form: State of Wisconsin part of the State of Minnesota ⓘ
legalFrameworkDefinedBy	Northwest Ordinance ⓘ
locatedEastOf	Mississippi River ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ
locatedNorthOf	Ohio River ⓘ
partOf	Old West ⓘ surface form: American frontier United States territorial expansion ⓘ
populationIncluded	American settlers ⓘ Indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes region
predecessor	British-controlled territory in the Great Lakes region ⓘ lands ceded by Great Britain after the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
significantFor	development of the Midwest ⓘ precedent for territorial governance ⓘ westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
sovereigntyTransferredFrom	Great Britain ⓘ
sovereigntyTransferredTo	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
timePeriod	early 19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ
transferConfirmedBy	Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Indian War → conflictIn → Old Northwest ⓘ

Battle of Tippecanoe → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ

Blue Jacket → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ

Northwest Indian Confederacy → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ

Treaty of Fort Harmar → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ

Winnebago War → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ

Illinois frontier → locatedIn → Old Northwest ⓘ

Tecumseh's War → locatedIn → Old Northwest ⓘ

George Rogers Clark → politicalEntityInvolved → Old Northwest ⓘ

Territory Northwest of the River Ohio → previouslyPartOf → Old Northwest ⓘ

Treaty of Greenville → region → Old Northwest ⓘ

Battle of the Thames → theater → Old Northwest ⓘ

Black Hawk War → theater → Old Northwest ⓘ

Harmar's Campaign, 1790 → theater → Old Northwest ⓘ