Northwest Territory

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The Northwest Territory was a vast early United States territory established after the American Revolution, encompassing lands that later became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.

All labels observed (12)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Old Northwest ⓘ
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Northwest Territory government ⓘ
United States federal government ⓘ
borderedBy Great Lakes ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
capital Chillicothe, Ohio ⓘ
Cincinnati, Ohio ⓘ
Marietta, Ohio ⓘ
cededBy Great Britain ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom

Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
cededTo United States of America ⓘ
conflict Northwest Indian War ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy Northwest Ordinance ⓘ
dissolved 1803 ⓘ
March 1, 1803 ⓘ
establishedBy Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
followedBy Illinois Territory ⓘ
Indiana Territory ⓘ
Michigan Territory ⓘ
Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Wisconsin Territory ⓘ
foundingDocument Ordinance of 1787 ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Ordinance
governor Arthur St. Clair ⓘ
Charles Willing Byrd ⓘ
hasLegalStatus organized incorporated territory ⓘ
hasPolicy ban on slavery except as punishment for crime ⓘ
guarantee of freedom of religion ⓘ
provision for public education ⓘ
historicalSignificance crucial step in westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
model for later U.S. territorial organization ⓘ
inception 1787 ⓘ
July 13, 1787 ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
legalBasis Northwest Ordinance of 1787 ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Ordinance
legislativeBody Territorial legislature of the Northwest Territory ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC−05:00 ⓘ
namedAfter its location northwest of the Ohio River ⓘ
partOf American frontier ⓘ
linked to: Old West

United States territorial evolution ⓘ
United States territorial expansion ⓘ
previouslyPartOf British Province of Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Province of Quebec

Old Northwest under British rule ⓘ
linked to: Old Northwest
replacedBy Indiana Territory ⓘ
State of Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Ohio
significantEvent Indian wars in the Northwest Territory ⓘ
establishment of precedent for territorial governance ⓘ
organization of public land survey system ⓘ
prohibition of slavery by Northwest Ordinance ⓘ
territoryIncludes part of present-day Minnesota ⓘ
present-day Illinois ⓘ
present-day Indiana ⓘ
present-day Michigan ⓘ
present-day Ohio ⓘ
present-day Wisconsin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (119)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ohio Country → laterIncorporatedInto → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Tecumseh → workLocation → Old Northwest Territory ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Territory
Tecumseh → historicalRegion → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Northwest Ordinance → appliesToTerritory → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Tecumseh's War → locatedIn → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Henry Hamilton → placeOfActivity → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Land Ordinance of 1785 → appliesToTerritory → Northwest Territory ⓘ
John Hardin → placeOfActivity → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Northwest Indian Confederacy → territory → Northwest Territory ⓘ
British Canada → relatedTo → United States Northwest Territory ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Territory
Treaty of Greenville → appliesToTerritory → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Treaty of Fort Harmar → location → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Treaty of Fort Harmar → territorialFocus → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Treaty of Fort Finney → relatedTo → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Little Turtle's War → location → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Blue Jacket → operatedIn → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Battle of the Wabash → location → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Battle of the Wabash → theater → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Battle of Fallen Timbers → location → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Battle of Fallen Timbers → associatedWith → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Harmar's Campaign, 1790 → location → Northwest Territory ⓘ
George Rogers Clark → politicalEntityInvolved → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Marietta, Ohio → isFirstPermanentSettlementOf → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Marietta, Ohio → partOfHistoricalRegion → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Convention of 1818 → affectedRegion → United States northern frontier ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Territory
Article IV of the Northwest Ordinance → jurisdiction → Northwest Territory ⓘ
subject linked to: Article IV
Article IV of the Northwest Ordinance → appliesToTerritory → Northwest Territory ⓘ
subject linked to: Article IV
Article V (Northwest Ordinance) → appliesTo → Northwest Territory ⓘ
subject linked to: Article V
Article V (Northwest Ordinance) → historicalRegion → Northwest Territory ⓘ
subject linked to: Article V
Muskingum County, Ohio → historicalRegion → Northwest Territory ⓘ
War of 1812 era → hasLocation → Old Northwest Territory ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Territory
Article II of the Northwest Ordinance → jurisdiction → Northwest Territory ⓘ
subject linked to: Article II
Illinois Country → successorTerritory → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Pays d'en Haut → successorTerritory → Northwest Territory (United States, parts) ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Territory
Indiana Territory → precededBy → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Fort Sackville, Vincennes → locatedIn → Northwest Territory ⓘ
British posts in the Old Northwest → historicalRegionNowCorrespondsTo → Northwest Territory of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Territory
Connecticut Land Company → relatedTo → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Fort Harmar → locatedIn → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Little Turtle → placeOfActivity → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Tarhe → residence → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Roundhead → historicalRegion → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Le Grand Sauteur → region → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Turkey Foot → regionOpposedExpansionIn → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Black Hoof → residence → Northwest Territory ⓘ
Miami Confederacy → relatedTo → Northwest Territory ⓘ