Every legislator serving in the house had to be an adult male resident with at least two hundred acres of property under his control. To serve on the legislative council a person had to be an adult male who owned five hundred or more acres of land. To be able to vote in the territory, a person had to be an adult male and the owner of at least fifty acres of land. No "squatters" or residents who did not own property were permitted to vote.
The final phase was actual statehood. The Northwest Ordinance stipulated the creation of at least three but not more than five states out of the Northwest Territory. Once sixty thousand people resided in a territory, they could apply for statehood.
The people could form a constitutional convention, draft a state constitution, and then submit the document to the United States Congress for approval.
The state constitution had to guarantee basic rights to its people, including religious freedom, trial by jury, the right to bail except in capital cases, and several additional rights. The states were to encourage education, but the Northwest Ordinance did not require states to provide public education. Slavery also was outlawed in any of the states created from the Northwest Territory. It also, with some minor modifications, established the process for admission to the United States for all states since Toggle navigation.
Jump to: navigation , search. The map illustrates the first tract of Ohio land to be sold by the Continental Congress. The Ohio Company of Associates, composed of former Revolutionary War officers and soldiers, acquired the land.
The company established the first permanent settlement at Marietta in April This area became known as the Northwest Territory. In , Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance to establish a government for the territory and to provide a method for admitting new states into the Union once the population had reached 60, inhabitants.
The schedule shows that the population of the territory northwest of the Ohio River had expanded to 45, inhabitants. Although this number was less than the population requirement of the Northwest Ordinance, statehood supporters argued the population would soon reach 60, The House referred the census schedule to a select committee, "with instructions to report whether any, and what, measures ought, at this time, to be taken for enabling the People of the said territory to form a State Government for themselves, to be admitted into the Union upon the same terms with the original States.
The House Committee reported a bill enabling Ohio to form a constitution and state government and on April 9, the bill passed the House. After some changes in conference committee, the bill passed the Senate and was signed into law on April 30, In November , the people in the eastern division of the Northwest Territory met to form a constitution and state government.
Some territories have requested statehood many times without getting any response from Congress. Utah, for example, formally asked for statehood eight times…. Northwest Territory. The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, more commonly known as the Northwest Territory, was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 13, , until March 1, , when the southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Ohio.
History of Alaska. The Territory of Alaska or Alaska Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from August 24, , until Alaska was granted statehood on January 3, Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel.
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