Northwest Ordinance — Northwest Territory (1787) … Wikipedia
Northwest Ordinance — Ordonnance du Nord Ouest Le Territoire du Nord Ouest en 1787 … Wikipédia en Français
Northwest Ordinance of 1784 — The Ordinance of 1784 (enacted April 23, 1784) called for the land west of the Appalachian Mountains, north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River to be divided into ten separate states. However, it did not define the mechanism by… … Wikipedia
Northwest Ordinance — the act of Congress in 1787 providing for the government of the Northwest Territory and setting forth the steps by which its subdivisions might become states. * * * … Universalium
Northwest Ordinance — the act of Congress in 1787 providing for the government of the Northwest Territory and setting forth the steps by which its subdivisions might become states … Useful english dictionary
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 — An ordinance passed by Congress for the government of the Northwest Territory, the provisions of which were superseded by the adoption of the Constitution of the United States and are in force only as continued in force by acts of Congress after… … Ballentine's law dictionary
(the) Northwest Ordinance — the Northwest Ordinance [the Northwest Ordinance] a US law, passed by ↑Congress in 1787, which established the Northwest Territory, the area from the ↑Great Lakes south to the ↑Ohio River. It was the country’s first official addition of western… … Useful english dictionary
Northwest Territory — [ nɔːθ west terɪtərɪ], Nordwẹstterritorium, das Gebiet zwischen Pennsylvania, dem Ohio und Mississippi sowie den Großen Seen, das als »Old Northwest« im 18. Jahrhundert aus Handelsgründen zwischen Großbritannien und Frankreich umkämpft war. Es … Universal-Lexikon
Northwest Territory — This article is about the historical U.S. territory. For the Canadian territory, see Northwest Territories. For the Hudson s Bay Company territory, see North Western Territory. For the northwestern corner of the Lower 48, see Northwestern United… … Wikipedia
Northwest Ordinances — (1784, 1785, 1787) Measures enacted by the U.S. Congress for the division and settlement of the Northwest Territory, the frontier region extending north of the Ohio River to the Great Lakes and west of Pennsylvania to the Mississippi River. The… … Universalium
