In its brief existence, the Confederation Congress passed little legislation of lasting import. One of the few exceptions was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which controlled the admission of the Midwest states and laid the legal groundwork for their functioning.
<span>The Northwest Ordinance established policies for the creation of new states. An Ordinance for the government of the Territory of the United States northwest .Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be appointed, not repugnant to the principles and articles in this ordinance established and declared.</span><span> </span>
