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Northwest Ordinance
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Northwest Ordinance: see Ordinance of 1787 Ordinance of 1787, adopted by the Congress of Confederation for the government of the Western territories ceded to the United States by the states. It created the Northwest Territory and is frequently called the Northwest Ordinance.
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