Question

This is the name given to the lands that would eventually become all or parts of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin

Answer 1

That would be the Northwest Territory.

Answer 2

Answer:

  Northwest Territory

Explanation:

It was in 1787, under the Northwest Ordinance, by the government led in creating of five new states under the Northwest Territory. The Ordinance divided states with the boundaries and declared Major General Arthur St. Clair its first Governor. The territory organized into the present states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. These states excluded slavery and became non-slave states.