Steps to statehood
northwest territory
canada
wisconsin
congress specifies that three to live
territories will be carved out of the
northwest territory
for each territory, congress appoints
a governor, a secretary, and three judges
when a territory's population reaches
5.000 free male inhabitants of voting
age, it elects a territorial legislature and
sends a nonvoting delegate to congress
once a territory's population increases
to 60.000 free inhabitants, it becomes
eligible for statehood and can drafta
state constitution
congress approves the state constitution.
and the territory becomes a state.
190 200 miles
6 160 200 kilometers
ale equal projection
sources: record of america: the oxford
companion to american history
michigan
1837
new
york
snorthwest territory penn
illinois indiana ohio
1803
md
virginia
louisiana
ohio kentucky
map activity
1. number the states that make up what was the northwest territory in the order in
which the states were admitted to the union. start with 1 for the first state.