jul 18, 1785 - The Northwest Ordinance

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Northwest Ordinance (1787) ... The Northwest Ordinance, adopted July 13, 1787, by the Second Continental Congress, chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.

-This paves the way for 5 new states.
-In these new territories we outlawed slavery, this resulted in impacting the issue of representation by population by state because slaves are counted for some amount of votes for a person.
-this all ties into the Constituational convention.

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