Old Northwest

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The Old Northwest was a historic region of the early United States encompassing the territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River, which later became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.

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AI-generated illustration of Old Northwest

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Old Northwest (The Old Northwest was a historic region of the early United States encompassing the territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River, which later became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.)

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Old Northwest canonical 82
Old Northwest under British rule 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic region ⓘ
region of the United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Northwest Territory ⓘ
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio ⓘ
borderFeature Great Lakes ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ
conflict Northwest Indian War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEstablished 1787 ⓘ
establishedBy Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
governanceDocument Ordinance of 1787 ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Ordinance
governancePrinciple process for admission of new states ⓘ
prohibition of slavery ⓘ
provision for public education ⓘ
governedAs organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
historicalEra early United States ⓘ
post–American Revolutionary War period ⓘ
includesPresentDayTerritoryOf Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
part of Minnesota ⓘ
laterDividedInto State of Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Illinois

State of Indiana ⓘ
linked to: Indiana

State of Michigan ⓘ
State of Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Ohio

State of Wisconsin ⓘ
linked to: Wisconsin

part of the State of Minnesota ⓘ
legalFrameworkDefinedBy Northwest Ordinance ⓘ
locatedEastOf Mississippi River ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Ohio River ⓘ
partOf American frontier ⓘ
linked to: Old West

United States territorial expansion ⓘ
populationIncluded American settlers ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes region ⓘ
predecessor British-controlled territory in the Great Lakes region ⓘ
lands ceded by Great Britain after the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
significantFor development of the Midwest ⓘ
precedent for territorial governance ⓘ
westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
sovereigntyTransferredFrom Great Britain ⓘ
sovereigntyTransferredTo United States ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
transferConfirmedBy Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ

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Referenced by (83)

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

Black Hawk War → theater → Old Northwest ⓘ
Northwest Indian War → conflictIn → Old Northwest ⓘ
Illinois frontier → locatedIn → Old Northwest ⓘ
Winnebago War → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ
Tecumseh's War → locatedIn → Old Northwest ⓘ
Battle of the Thames → theater → Old Northwest ⓘ
Treaty of Greenville → region → Old Northwest ⓘ
Blue Jacket → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ
Harmar's Campaign, 1790 → theater → Old Northwest ⓘ
Battle of Tippecanoe → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ
Michigan Territory → partOf → Old Northwest ⓘ
Northwest Territory → alsoKnownAs → Old Northwest ⓘ
Northwest Territory → previouslyPartOf → Old Northwest under British rule ⓘ
linked to: Old Northwest
David Bailey → militaryTheater → Old Northwest ⓘ
John Ewing → theaterOfWar → Old Northwest ⓘ
Wisconsin Territory → partOf → Old Northwest ⓘ
Indiana Territory → partOf → Old Northwest ⓘ
Wea → culturalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ
Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809) → region → Old Northwest ⓘ
Siege of Fort Harrison → region → Old Northwest ⓘ
Battle of Moraviantown → theater → Old Northwest ⓘ
Keokuk → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ
Egushawa → activeInRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ
Roundhead → territorialContext → Old Northwest ⓘ
Le Grand Sauteur → region → Old Northwest ⓘ
Turkey Foot → geographicContext → Old Northwest ⓘ
Illinois Territory → partOf → Old Northwest ⓘ
Battle of the River Raisin → theater → Old Northwest ⓘ
Fort Finney → region → Old Northwest ⓘ
Treaty of Fort Meigs → historicalRegion → Old Northwest ⓘ
Kekionga → region → Old Northwest ⓘ
Indiana territorial militia → location → Old Northwest ⓘ
Shawnee warriors → region → Old Northwest ⓘ
Battle of Kekionga → theater → Old Northwest ⓘ
Treaty of Tippecanoe → location → Old Northwest ⓘ