After the American Revolution, the founders of the country decided there needed to be laws and order in the colonies. They created the Articles of Confederation which is the first constitution of the United States of America. 1- What is the Northwest Ordinance?
2- How many people are needed to apply for self-government?
3- How many people are needed to apply for statehood?

4- What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

1. The Northwest Ordinance enacted July 13, 1787, was an organic act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States.

2. All the people of a country no matter how many people are in the country.

3. 60,000 people

4. Strengths: They could make war, create peace, sign treaties with other nations, print money, ran the country during the Revolutionary War.

Weakness: They couldn't tax people, enforce laws, regulate trade, had one vote in the continental congress, all 13 states had to agree on to make any laws/changes.

Explanation:

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The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was the first written constitution of the United States. ... From the beginning of the American Revolution, Congress felt the need for a stronger union and a government powerful enough to defeat Great Britain.Oct 27, 2009

Explanation:

union blockade

explanation:

the union blockade in the american civil war was a naval strategy by the united states to prevent the confederacy from trading.

the blockade was proclaimed by president abraham lincoln in april 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of atlantic and gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably new orleans and mobile. those blockade runners fast enough to evade the union navy could only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. they were operated largely by british citizens, making use of neutral ports such as havana, nassau and bermuda. the union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.

c) legal battles last five weeks after the election due to the narrow victory in several states.