The Northwest Ordinance, officially titled "An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States North West of the River Ohio," was adopted by the Confederation Congress on July 13, 1787. Also known as the Ordinance of 1787, the Northwest Ordinance established a government for the Northwest Territory, outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states. Considered one of the most important legislative acts of the Confederation Congress, the Northwest Ordinance also protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery in the new territories.
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It took a country that was already in economic shambles (Germany), and forced them to pay heavy reparations, which would eventually lead to Hitlers rise of power.
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Slave codes were laws and generally had nothing to do
with how a slave owner treated the slaves. Most people who owned slaves
saw them as property and so 's they treated them as property. Slavery in
it's self is wrong and this was true with American slavery. The
American form of slavery was very cruel because it not only enslaved
people but took away every thing that they were. Their name, language,
religion, and culture was taken from them.
The views of Native Americans and Europeans differed in terms of property ownership because under English law, discoveries were made in the name of the sovereign and all lands belonged to the monarch, to be disposed of at the will of the crown. Joint stock companies received charters from the crown and parceled out land.
