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The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio and also known as the Ordinance of 1787), enacted July 13, 1787, was an organic act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States.
Manasseh Cutler (May 13, 1742 – July 28, 1823) was an American Congregational clergyman involved in the American Revolutionary War.He was influential in the passage of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and wrote the section prohibiting slavery in the Northwest Territory.
September 13: Congress certifies that the new constitution has been duly ratified and sets date for first meeting of the new federal government and the presidential election [31] October 10: The last session during which the Continental Congress succeeded in achieving a quorum; and passes its last ordinance [32]
Land Ordinance may refer to the following acts passed by the Congress of the Confederation of the United States: Land Ordinance of 1784; Land Ordinance of 1785; Land Ordinance of 1787, commonly known as the Northwest Ordinance, that created the Northwest Territory
At the time it was built in 1756, Nassau Hall was the largest building in colonial New Jersey and the largest academic building in the American colonies. [ 5 ] The university, originally known as the College of New Jersey , held classes for one year in Elizabeth and nine years in Newark before the hall was completed in 1756.
In the state of New Jersey, the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry is an administrative division of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.In its most visible role, the Division is directly responsible for the management and operation of New Jersey's public park system which includes 42 state parks, 11 state forests, 3 recreation areas, and more than 50 historic sites and ...
The Provincial Council was established in 1702 upon the surrender by the Proprietors of East Jersey and those of West Jersey of the right of government to Queen Anne.Anne's government united the two colonies as the Province of New Jersey, a royal colony, establishing a new system of government.
For the most convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislatures of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year, with a power reserved to each State to recall its delegates, or any of them, at any time within ...