Formation of the USA Question
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The principal consequence of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was that it
- terminated the earlier system of land survey established by the federal government for the territories
- established a procedure for bringing new states into the Union as the equals of the older states
- provided for the removal of American Indians from the East Coast to territories across the Appalachian mountains
- encouraged the drafting of a new treaty with England concerning the disposition of the western territories
- strengthened the role of the thirteen original states in Congress