In the first territorial stage of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, Congress established schools.
<h3 /><h3>Why did Congress establish schools in 1787?</h3>
The Northwest Ordinance had been signed and was meant to encourage settlement in the Northwestern territories.
To encourage this settlement, Congress built public schools in several areas so that people would move there and get educated while setting up settlements.
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Thoreau was fervently against slavery and actively worked for abolitionism. Where, he participated in the Underground Railroad and in opposition with the popular opinion of the time. Two weeks after the ill-fated raid on Harpers Ferry and in the weeks leading up to Brown's execution, Thoreau regularly delivered a speech to the citizens of Concord, Massachusetts in which he compared the US government to Pontius Pilate.</span>
