Article V

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Article V is the provision of the Northwest Ordinance that established the process and conditions by which territories in the Northwest Territory could become new states admitted to the United States.

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Article V canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal provision ⓘ
section of the Northwest Ordinance ⓘ
appliesTo Northwest Territory ⓘ
future states formed from the Northwest Territory ⓘ
territorial inhabitants of the Northwest Territory ⓘ
associatedWith admission of Illinois ⓘ
admission of Indiana ⓘ
admission of Michigan ⓘ
admission of Ohio ⓘ
admission of Wisconsin ⓘ
continuity remained an important precedent after adoption of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateEnacted 1787 ⓘ
defines conditions for admission of new states on an equal footing with existing states ⓘ
conditions under which a territory could form a state constitution ⓘ
requirements for population thresholds for statehood ⓘ
stages of territorial government leading to statehood ⓘ
establishes procedure for creating not fewer than three nor more than five states from the Northwest Territory ⓘ
geographicScope lands north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River ⓘ
guarantees that new states shall be admitted on an equal footing with the original states ⓘ
hasPart provisions on equality of new states ⓘ
provisions on formation of state constitutions ⓘ
provisions on population thresholds ⓘ
provisions on the number of states to be formed ⓘ
historicalRegion Northwest Territory ⓘ
influenced later U.S. territorial admission practices ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect provided a binding framework for the political development of the Northwest Territory ⓘ
legalNature organic act for territorial organization and statehood ⓘ
legalStatus federal organic law for the Northwest Territory ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Ordinance
legislativeBody Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
partOf Northwest Ordinance ⓘ
purpose to establish a process for territories in the Northwest Territory to become states ⓘ
to set conditions for admission of new states from the Northwest Territory into the Union ⓘ
relatedTo Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
setsCondition requirement that new state constitutions be consistent with the principles of the Northwest Ordinance ⓘ
requirement that new states adopt a republican form of government ⓘ
requirement that new states remain part of the Confederation and later the United States ⓘ
territorial population requirement of 60,000 free inhabitants for statehood ⓘ
subjectOf United States constitutional and legal history scholarship ⓘ
topic federalism in the United States ⓘ
state admission ⓘ
territorial government ⓘ
westward expansion of the United States ⓘ

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Northwest Ordinance → section → Article V ⓘ