18 nov 1787 año - Northwestern Ordinance
Descripción:
Created territorial stages: first, areas are territories (which don’t have as many rights as states do), and then, when a territory has a population of 60,000+, it can apply for statehood and be accepted as a state by Congress
Also illegalized slavery in the territories
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18 nov 1787 año
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~ 236 years ago