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Map illustrating the Northwest Territory as defined by the Northwest Ordinances of 1785 and 1787, covering present-day Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Insets show the Ohio Company's land purchases with numbered townships and sections, and a diagram explaining how land was divided into square-mile sections, with further subdivisions labeled by acreage. Section 16 in each township is marked as reserved for public schools. Current state boundaries and years of statehood are indica Ohio Company of Associates: land purchase
Learn how the U.S. Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance to outline settlement of the Northwest Territory
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Learn how the U.S. Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance to outline settlement of the Northwest Territory
Settlement of America's western lands began with the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
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Northwest Territory 1785–87
The Northwest Territory, created by the Northwest Ordinances of 1785 and 1787, with...
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Ohio Company of Associates: land purchase
Map of the Ohio Company of Associates' purchase of land in the Ohio River valley...
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