What act laid the basis for the government of the Northwest Territory and for the admission of its constituent parts as states into the union?

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31 August, 21:10

What act laid the basis for the government of the Northwest Territory and for the admission of its constituent parts as states into the union?

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The Old Northwest Territory included all the then-owned land of the United States west of Pennsylvania, east of the Mississippi River, and northwest of the Ohio River. It covered all of the modern states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, as well as the northeastern part of Minnesota.