may 2, 1787 - Northwest Ordinance
Description:
It declared that the land to the North of the Ohio river, and East of the Mississippi river would become a part of America. Because there was new land in America, they decided that they must declare how they want to govern this part of the country. This framed how this part of the US would be ran for that time.Added to timeline:
Date:
may 2, 1787
Now
~ 237 years ago
