Tariff is the correct answer
The Northwest Ordinance<span>, adopted July 13, 1787, by the Second Continental Congress, chartered a government for the </span>Northwest<span> Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.</span>
Answer:
A country formally helping another country for a military or other purpose
Explanation:
friend, helper, etc