Welcome. So, you want to know more about The Old Northwest. Let’s start with the name. On July 13, 1787, the United States Confederation Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance, which established the Northwest Territory. The Northwest Territory covered what are now the states of: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin, as well as all of Minnesota east of the Mississippi River. Years later, after America's borders shifted west, the land that had been part of the Northwest Territory began to be called the Old Northwest.
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Welcome. So, you want to know more about The Old Northwest. Let’s start with the name. On July 13, 1787, the United States Confederation Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance, which established the Northwest Territory. The Northwest Territory covered what are now the states of: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin, as well as all of Minnesota east of the Mississippi River. Years later, after America's borders shifted west, the land that had been part of the Northwest Territory began to be called the Old Northwest.