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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.
The Ordinance prohibited slavery and provided for freedom of worship, the right of habeas corpus and trial by jury, and the right to make bail except for capital offenses. [1] Ohio courts have noted that the Northwest Ordinance "was ever considered as the fundamental law of the territory." [2
The Ohio Company's purchase was enabled first by the passage on July 13, 1787, of the "Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio," commonly known as the Northwest Ordinance, and second, by the Act of October 23, 1787, which authorized Congress to make contracts of public lands for not less ...
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 stated, "Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged." [31] However, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 also contained Southern characteristics of municipal governance. The Southern influence can be ...
Land Ordinance may refer to the following acts ... Land Ordinance of 1787, commonly known as the Northwest Ordinance, that created ... Text is available under the ...
Ordinance legislation enacted by the Continental Congresses between 1774 and 1789 — during the American Revolution in the United States. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
The ordinance was further augmented with the Land Ordinance of 1785, [4] and superseded by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. This latter ordinance provided for civil liberties and public education within new territories that would be created north and west of the Ohio river, and banned slavery therein. [5]
Under the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which created the Northwest Territory, General St. Clair was appointed governor. When the territory was divided in 1800, he briefly served as governor of the Northwest Territory remnant that included Ohio, the eastern half of Michigan, and a sliver of southeastern Indiana called "The Gore".