Creating the Constitution

What issue did the Land Ordinance f 1785 address?

• How each western land would be governed.

• How all states would operate.

• Permitted territories to apply for statehood.

• Settlers would have the same rights and privileges as other citizens.

Rules set by the Northwest Ordinance(part 1)

• - when a territory has 5,000 free adult males, it can elect it’s own legislature

  - permitted territories to apply statehood when population reached 60,000

• - when a territory has 2,000 free adult males, it can elect it’s own legislature

  - permitted territories to apply statehood when population reached 60,000

• - when a territory has 5,000 free adult males, it can elect it’s own legislature

  - permitted territories to apply statehood when population reached 80,000

• - when a territory has 8,000 free adult males, it can elect it’s own legislature

  - permitted territories to apply statehood when population reached 160,000

Rules set by the Northwest Ordinance(part 2)

• - settlers have the same rights and privileges as other citizens

  - slavery banned in new territories

• -settlers have the same rights and privileges as other citizens

  - slavery banned in ALL territories

• -slaves have the same rights and privileges as other citizens

  - slavery banned in ALL territories

• -citizens have the same rights and privileges as settlers

  - slavery banned in new territories

A dispute is…

Northwest Territory:

• Region of U.S bounded by Ohio/Mississippi rivers and Great Lakes(given in Paris of 1783)

• Region of U.S bounded by Virginia

  /Mississippi rivers and Great plains (given in Paris of 1783)

What are the Articles of Confederation and what do they allow?

(Select all answers that apply)

• First written plan of government for U.S.A

• Limited by inability to impose taxes

• Gave congress the power to declare war

• Defined township as 6 square miles

What is the Land Ordinance of 1785?

• Defined a township as 6 square miles

• Showed how to develop western lands

• Gave congress power to declare war

• Limited by inability to impose taxes

What is the Northwest Ordinance?

• Permitted territories to apply for statehood when population reached 60,000

• Gave settlers all privileges but banned slavery

• Gave settlers all privileges and allowed slavery

What was the constitutional convention?

• Meeting held held in Philadelphia in 1787, delegates from state wrote U.S constitution

• First written plan of the U.S

• Showed how each state would be governed

The rule of secrecy is…