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>
The Mesopotamians made many technological discoveries. They were the first to use the potter's wheel to make better pottery, they used irrigation to get water to their crops, they used bronze metal (and later iron metal) to make strong tools and weapons, and used looms to weave cloth from wool.
The 13th amendment to the Constitution of the USA banned slavery throughout the country.
